Job Summary:
To plan, monitor, coordinate and oversee the Unit’s operations and processes to ensure quality patient care and the overall running of the unit including but not limited to managing the ward clerks, RN, EN and ENA’s roles and responsibilities. Take responsibility for the mentoring, coaching, training and development of nursing staff and managing the Unit budget and ensuring cost saving and stakeholder engagement.   

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• B. Cur in General Nursing
• Trauma / Critical Care qualification
• BLS qualification
• Nursing Administration
• Business Management qualification advantageous.
• Updated ACLS/PALS/ATLS advantageous.
  
• 3+ years’ experience at a managerial/supervisory level.
• Experienced in Emergency Nursing
• Experience within a private hospital environment advantageous
• Current registration with South African Nursing Council.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Perform all duties in accordance with the South African Nursing Council (SANC), Department of Health (DOH) and National Core Standards.
• Adhere to the principles and standards of Patient Advocacy according to SANC Acts and Omissions, Company Code of Conduct, Patient rights and Responsibility Charter., National Millennium Development goals and responsibility of Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
• Plan and organise multiple work outputs by assigning tasks and priorities and continuously reviewing objectives and goals in line with the Unit standards.
• Plan, organise, supervise and assess quality nursing standards and ensure efficient and effective execution of the required tasks.
• Accumulate information to report on work progress and use for decision making purposes and the identification of improvement opportunities.
• Translate and drive adherence to the relevant regulatory principles and standards across the unit as set out by the SANC and other regulatory bodies.
• Act as the liaison between nurses and other departments, whilst engaging with relevant stakeholders to ensure operational efficiencies are coordinated to improve overall effectiveness of unit activities in line with hospital requirements.
  
• Optimise nurse responsiveness with regards to emergency as the hospital’s first point of contact in cases of emergency patient admissions
• Manage the emergency department’s resource allocation and schedules in line with hospital’s policy and standards to ensure all incoming and outgoing patients are attended to efficiently.
• Manage ward clerks, RNs, RNAs as well as ENAs within area of accountability and drive service optimisation.