Enrolled Nurse

**Job Advert Summary**:
Our client, a leading private Day Hospital group, is looking for an **Enrolled Nurse** with proven **Theatre experience**. This is a **permanent opportunity** at a private Day Hospital in **Durbanville (Cape Town Northern Suburbs) **in Western Cape.

**WORKING HOURS**
- 40-hour flexi workweek
- no call out/on call duties

**BENEFITS**
- Provident Fund contribution
- Medical Aid contribution
- Uniform provided
- Indemnity insurance cover provided

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Grade 12 or equivalent NQF Level 4 qualification
- Enrolled Nurse qualification
- Registered with SANC as an Enrolled Nurse
- **Minimum of 5 years experience as an Enrolled Nurse**:

- **Post-Op nursing experience is essential**:

- **Floor nurse and Anaesthetics experience are essential**:

- Experience within a private hospital environment advantageous
- Proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Role Summary**

The Enrolled Nurse will be responsible for the assessment, care, and needs of patients and will function under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. The Enrolled Nurse will also assist the scrub nurse during operations and keep the operating room sterile. The incumbent is expected to perform nursing duties in accordance with SANC, Department of Health (DOH) and National Core standards.

**Key Outputs**

**Patient Care**
- Practices patient care according to Scope of Practice
- Exhibits full responsibility for own work outputs
- Be active in preparing the theatre, and replenishment of stock, consignment and instrument replenishment of the operating room allocated for a procedure list
- Contributes to the holistic care of patients
- Damp dust their unit before the day’s tasks start
- Checks that the scrub area is clean and properly stocked
- Controls swabs, instruments and needles/sharps with the scrub person
- Maintains the principles of aseptic technique when opening packs and consumables
- Helps control patient and hospital costs through the correct, safe and economical use of supplies and equipment
- Prepares the theatre for the list with the correct equipment, instruments, stock and medication
- Handles equipment, instruments, stock and medication safely and competently
- Effective risk prevention and management when assisting with the positioning of the patient or transfer of the patient to and from the operating table
- Be alert and anticipate the needs of the scrub person, surgeon or anaesthetist
- Assists the anaesthetist during induction of anaesthesia
- Practices the principles of infection prevention and all standard precautions
- Promotes and maintains good public relations with patients, relatives and visitors
- Executes all procedures according to hospital standards
- Refers all complaints from patients and doctors to relevant representative
- Carries out all departmental duties as assigned by relevant representative
- Ensures proper evidence-based nursing care
- Ensures that all patients have an appropriate nursing care plan
- Communicates with Health Care Practitioners regarding any change in health status
- Administers and manages medication in accordance with the company’s policy and as described in the SANC scope of practice

**Administration**
- Compliance with documentation policy
- Completes all relevant documentation and reports all abnormalities to the person in charge of the theatre
- Ensures that all documentation is maintained accurately and timeously reflecting theatre procedures and care in a chronological manner
- Leaves theatre clean and tidy at the end of the day’s lists and disconnects oxygen and suction before going off duty
- Signs drug checklist, drug registers and operating room registers
- Ensures the drug registers are signed by the anaesthetist
- Records and signs specimen registers
- Ongoing audit of health records to ensure compliance
- Ensures all stock is well controlled and managed, charged and credited appropriately

**Risk Management**
- Maintains a therapeutic, clean and safe environment that is free from medico-legal hazards
- Adheres to client medical waste management principles
- Maintains a safe working environment in accordance with the Machinery and Occupational Safety Act
- Reports potential/actual risks identified
- Responsible for ensuring the correct use, cleaning and storage of equipment
- Ensures all stock is well-controlled and managed
- Reports equipment needing repair or replacement
- Maintains professional conduct and standards at all times in accordance with policies and procedures
- Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality at all times