Nursing Service Manager paarl

Spescare is searching for a **Nursing Services Manager** for our rehabilitation hospital in **Paarl,** Western Cape.

**ROLE SUMMARY**

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Responsible for creating an environment of patient-focused care, defining standards for quality patient care, managing and developing work-based teams for assigned shifts, training new staff and providing leadership to the nursing team.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned:
**Nursing staff**:

- Assist RN with day-to-day tasks.
- Induction, orientation and training of new nursing staff as per checklists.
- Introduction to Company Policies & ensuring Emergency & HR policies are signed with orientation.
- Serve as a mentor and provide guidance to shift leaders (registered nurses).
- Training staff in conjunction with training programme and capture data on ATR.
- Incident reporting and investigation.
- Sourcing and booking of relief staff as and when needed, as authorised by Hospital Manager.
- Ensure that Company Policies and Procedures are updated, enforced and adhered to by nursing staff.
- Stand in as relief RN when operationally required.
- Competence assessments and mentoring of staff.
- Training and guidance on health care systems.

**Audits**:

- In collaboration with Hospital Manager responsible for Risk Management.
- Monthly auditing of patient files as per checklist.
- Biweekly drug book compliance audits.
- Staff skill audit (taking time to assess staff’s skills and knowledge and addressing it accordingly).
- In collaboration with the Hospital manager responsible for the Health and Safety compliance of the branch.
- Ensuring Health and Safety inspections occur, reports are submitted and filed, and committee meetings commence quarterly.
- In collaboration with the hospital manager ensure the branch’s infection control standards are continuously maintained.
- In collaboration with Hospital Manager responsible for Quality assurance.
- Report quality failures to Hospital Manager.
- Make recommendations on quality improvement interventions and process changes.
- File audits on the health care system and ensure compliance.

**Administrative duties**:

- Payroll - Ensuring staff’s clockings are monitored and submitted to Hospital Manager on cut-off dates as determined by HR/Payroll. (Permanent and Relief staff).
- In collaboration with the Hospital manager responsible for the recruitment process of nursing staff.
- In collaboration with the hospital manager responsible for submitting payroll documentation to payroll as per new employee checklist, within given deadlines as determined from time to time.
- BCL - Waste Management capturing
- Off duties for nursing staff.
- In collaboration with Hospital Manager leave approval.
- Submit ATR to Hospital Manager on cut off dates as determined by HR.

**EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE**

**Education**:

- Relevant Nursing Qualification as Registered Nurse.
- Registered with the South African Nursing Council as a Professional Nurse.
- A relevant Management qualification will be an advantage.

**Experience**:

- 3 - 5 years**’** experience as registered nurse in a medium to large concern.

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**SKILLS**
- Fully bilingual.
- Competent in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook etc.)
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent telephone manner with an overall pleasant disposition.
- Ability to be assertive when needed.
- Excellent in multitasking.
- Excellent leadership qualities, sound decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to function well under pressure.

**_ The Employer reserves the right to withdraw the advertisement at any time._