Registered Nurse | ICU Qualified | CCU

Life Healthcare
South Africa
Full-time
Posted 3 hours ago
Full-time Healthcare
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Job Description

  • A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse ICU Qualified in our new Coronary Care Unit based at Life The Glynnwood, reporting to the Unit Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing holistic and optimal quality nursing care to critically ill patients in order to maximize a positive outcome for the customer in line with Company & Hospital strategic objectives.

Critical Outputs
To provide quality patient care by

  • Providing quality basic and specialized nursing care
  • Continual communication with the patient and family with regards to the patients condition
  • Administering of medication in accordance to ethical, legal framework
  • Review and comply with internal policies and protocols
  • Ensuring quality management systems and initiatives are conducted according to the unit specification
  • Advocate for the patient by motivating acuity to the case management and notify the doctor of any limitations

Provide effective people management by  

  • Interacting and communicating with a multi-disciplinary team
  • Provide training and development to ensure personal and professional growth
  • Ensure the CCU team works according to the scope of practice in order to ensure the correct skills mix is utilized
  • Supervising of staff, ensuring doctor’s orders are carried out

Provide effective cost management by

  • Managing all stock used according to unit specific policies and protocols
  • Control and manage staff hours in accordance with the company policy and labor hour norms

Provide effective Infection Control and SHEQ by  

  • Maintaining a safe and holistic patient environment in order to enforce infection control
  • Promoting a safe and healthy working environment by completing SHEQ alerts and incident reports to the SHEQ Coordinator

Ensuring effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders by  

  • Conducting in-service orientation on doctor specific preferences
  • Execute doctors requests and prescriptions after patient rounds
  • Assisting in multi-disciplinary team members with the execution of their duties

Ensuring the effective functioning of equipment and instrumentation

  • Check equipment and instrumentation are in working condition on a daily basis and report any defaults to Unit Manager and Clinical Engineer
  • Educate and supervise staff and doctors on the correct utilisation of specialised equipment and instrumentation

Ensuring effective record keeping by

  • Ensuring records and accurately completed and stored in accordance with legal and ethical requirements
  • Supervising accurate completion of documentation

Requirements

  • Relevant Degree or Diploma in Nursing
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Critical Care is mandatory
  • Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic and well organised
  • Must be able to work under pressure in a continuously changing environment
  • Strong Interpersonal skills required
  • Shift Leading experience
  • Must be willing to fulfill a role in the unit according to the flexi-hours system
  • Experience in Coronary Care Unit will be an advantage

Competencies

  • Problem-solving, analysis and judgement            
  • Resilience
  • Engaging diversity
  • Verbal & written communication and presentation
  • Influencing
  • Drive & energy
  • Excellence orientation
  • Ethical behavior • Building relationships
  • Customer responsiveness
  • Organizational awareness
  • Leading by example
  • Motivating and developing people

Deadline:6th November,2026

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Job details
Job TypeFull-time
LocationSouth Africa
CategoryHealthcare
Posted5 November 2026
Closing Date14 November 2026
Life Healthcare
South Africa

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