Job Description

Our client in the healthcare industry is currently looking for a Unit Manager (NICU), in Pretoria.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating improved quality nursing care by ensuring compliance to professional and ethical practice.
• Monitoring and ensuring that nursing care and service delivery is implemented and practiced within a multi-disciplinary quality assurance team. In accordance, the incumbent will be accountable for coordinating capacity building, mentoring and training.
• Assign decision making, authority, tasks and responsibility to appropriate persons in order to maximize organisation and employee effectiveness.
• Develop a talented nursing workforce.
• Co-operate with Netcare Education Division to ensure appropriate nursing training for the delivery of quality care.
• Facilitate a culture that is supportive of talent management and the initiation of required implementations to hone nursing talent.
• Monitor staff attendance and/or absenteeism and ensure action is taken accordingly.
• Enforce staff dress code within and on leaving the Hospital.
• Facilitate effective change and conflict management.
• Orientation of new staff and students.
• Facilitate staff development both personal and professional.
• Ensure professional conduct and appearance of staff.
• Promote staff wellbeing and problem solving.
• Apply aspects related to Human Resources, including performance management and disciplinary procedures.
• Ensure service delivery to all patients and doctors.
• Maintain and improve nursing standards in the unit.
• Build effective relationships with doctors/specialists, service providers, hospital management, staff, patients and family.
• Coaching and mentoring of staff.
• Ensuring ongoing effective Clinical Facilitation in the Unit.
• Managing and implementing quality improvement.

• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Registered Nurse/Diploma in General Nursing.
• A Diploma/Certificate in Management or Nursing Administration would be an advantage.
• Must be Neonatology trained.
• Previous Unit Manager experience is essential.
• 2 or more yearsxe2x80x99 experience in a private hospital environment working at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit would be advantageous.
• Managerial experience in hospital environment is essential.
• Effective time management, honesty and integrity.
• Coaching Others.
• Leading and Managing Change.
• Performance Development.
• Taking Action.
• Decision Making.
• Managing Self.
• Customer Focus and Service Delivery.
• Adapting and Responding to Change.
• Continuous Improvement xe2x80x93 The capacity to improve systems and processes to facilitate continuous improvement.
• Personal Work Ethic.
• Building Relationships.
• Communication.
• Teamwork.
• Technical Knowledge xe2x80x93 The capacity to perform a technical function to required standards.

• R520 000 per annum.

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