Registered Nurse

**Reference**
- PE002062/RW**Location**
- Eastern Cape, Port Alfred**Salary Interval**
- Monthly**Package**
- None-negotiable**Description**

**Our client in the Care industry**
**is currently looking to employ a**
**Registered Nurse based in Port Alfred.**

**A wonderful career opportunity awaits you.**

**Requirements**:

- Current registration as registered nurse with SANC.
- Geriatric course Advantageous.
- Comprehensive clinical knowledge, particularly to age related health issues.
- Understanding of and commitment to continuous quality improvements.
- Computer literate MS Office.
- Language: English/Afrikaans, isiXhosa advantageous
- Ability to practice and manage workloads according to resident’s needs.
- Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to establish and maintain professional and appropriate relationships with residents, their families and representatives.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage care staff.

**Responsibilities and expectations but not limited to**:

- Work collaboratively with the Care Manager and the Interdisciplinary Care Team
- Provide quality nursing services to residents in accordance with policies and procedures, SANC code standards, code of ethics and professional conduct.
- Provide direct resident care and nursing services congruent with recognised nursing practice and procedure by carrying out a comprehensive and accurate nursing assessment of individuals and groups.

**General Nursing**:

- Formulate a plan of care for each resident with the primary aim of providing optimal quality of life for the residents.
- Coordinate and maintain the planning, implementation, and evaluation of care services for the residents.
- Maintaining accurate and legally appropriate documentation of nursing services
- Accept accountability and responsibility of nursing services provided by complying with:

- Company policies and procedures
- Regulation and legal guidelines and requirements
- Other care-related duties as directed by the manager of the Care manager.

**Staff Management**:

- In collaboration with the Care Manager effectively manage staff services that support resident daily living requirements by:

- Being a positive role model to EN’s, ENA’s and care workers
- Providing direction and supervision to all reporting staff
- Assisting with orientation of new staff and facilitating their ongoing with knowledge development
- Assisting staff to identify individual learning requirements and facilitating opportunities for staff development.
- Providing training and development opportunities for staff to improve job skills and effectiveness.

**Resident Care**:

- Provide support and assistance to maintain high quality, holistic and person-centred care services for residents by:

- Active involvement in the identification and implementation of continuous quality improvement initiatives
- Reviewing and assessing current methodologies, identifying, and implementing strategies for better care service provision
- Actively participating in and contributing to organisational meetings
- Ensure professional and articulate communication by:

- Positively interacting with staff members, residents, and their families
- Ensuring that the management team is suitably informed of any relevant issues.
- Ensuring that the Care Manager is informed of any resident incidents.
- In the absence of the Care Manager or more senior staff, assume responsibility for continuing service provision at the facility and respond to any emergencies.

**Quality and Safety**:

- Maintain a safe work environment in accordance with company health and safety policies and procedures.
- Assist with and support the ongoing maintenance of a safe working environment.
- Identify and report hazards in the workplace.

**Privacy and Confidentiality**:

- Maintain a duty of confidentiality to all staff, residents, and clients.

**General Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Be empathetic and courteous to residents and their relatives, always treating them with care and consideration.
- Participate fully in the performance management process and undertake Continuing Professional Development as required.
- Maintain contemporary professional knowledge and skills in clinical competency through participation in self-development activities/ programs including.
- Attending educational workshops and training
- Reviewing professional publications
- Establishing personal networks
- Benchmarking state-of-the-art practices
- Participating in professional societies
- Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales.