DUTY SISTER REGISTERED IN SOUTH AFRICA

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF JOB PURPOSE: To manage the overall health care function per shift in accordance with applicable legislation and agreed medical procedures QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, COMPETENCIES: Qualification: Matric + SANC Registered Experience: Recent Hospital. Skills: Interpersonal, communication, ability to work under pressure, ability to work independently and as part of a team. Attributes: Well spoken, neat presentation and must be able to communicate with the elderly. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS ROLE: Medication Ensure that Resident/Patient individual medication is always available in liaison with Doctors and Pharmacies Ensure that prescribed medication is administered correctly and timeously and within the guidelines of the Nursing Scope of Practice (no: Management of HCC Shift Staff Promote sound relationships within the staff teams Timeously and proactively address any staff performance or conduct issues, through effective motivation/counselling/record keeping and discipline Administrative Duties Daily recording of the application of each individual patient/resident nursing care plan Recording of doctor’s instructions Ensuring that medicine charts are written up correctly Be aware of and up to date with, all nursing practices and policies of the Company Check and sign off-duty and attendance registers; ensure that staff have correctly completed latter Ensure that special diet sheets (where applicable) are accurate and up to date Handling of patient complaints in the correct manner Catering Ensures that the Catering Department is aware of all special dietary requirements and supervises the serving of all meals on the shift to ensure compliance with these. These tasks may be added to depending on the employers reasonable requirements WORKING HOURS: Your normal hours will be determined by the shift roster as per the Unit Manager. Your monthly hours worked will be 176 hours. Day shifts will be worked between 07h00 and 19h00. You shall be entitled to a 60 minute meal interval, taken in accordance with operational requirements. Normal working days will be from Monday to Sunday. Meal break is 60 minutes. However, due to the nature of the position, required to remain on the premises during meals breaks to be on call in case of emergencies Please send me your CV to