Theatre Unit Manager

Manage acuities and skill mix in such a way as to ensure cost effective quality care.
- Manage all costs emanating from the department.
- Ensure correct billing, stock management and purchasing.
- Facilitate timeous and accurate compilation of files.
- Identify quality improvement opportunities and ensure appropriate strategy and Quality Improvement initiatives are developed and measured.
- Investigate all negative incidents and ensure appropriate capturing on IMS.
- Monitor safety standards in accordance with the Machine and Occupational Safety Act (Act 6 of 1983). Report all accidents and incidents to Line Manager / Safety Representatives
- Ensure compliance with protocols, policies, and Acts.
- Ensure that all equipment is in working order and properly maintained.
- Control of asset register
- Ensure the unit is providing safe, cost-effective quality patient care in line with the Clinical Governance strategy and evidence-based practice.
- Evaluate the patient’s journey through patient experience and stakeholder input
- Evaluate nursing quality indicators and clinical outcomes.
- Communicate effectively with patients regarding their care.
- Promote health and wellbeing of patients and staff.
- Ensure the principles of infection prevention and all standard precautions are adhered to.
- Implementing group quality initiatives
- Ensure achievement of transformation goals as set out by the Transformation Committee
- Actively participate as a member of a team to achieve goals.
- Active involvement in own professional development to maintain a satisfactory level of skill and knowledge.
- Keep up to date with Netcare’s evolving policies and procedures.
- Keep abreast of current research in the applicable discipline.
- Create an environment where staff are aware of the role, they play in the provision of quality nursing care and their value to the organization.
- Assign decision making, authority, tasks, and responsibility to appropriate persons to maximize organisation and employee effectiveness.
- Develop a talented nursing workforce.
- Co-operate with Netcare Education Division to ensure appropriate nursing training for the delivery of quality care.
- Facilitate a culture that is supportive of talent management and the initiation of required implementations to hone nursing talent.
- Monitor staff attendance and/or absenteeism and ensure action is taken accordingly.
- Enforce staff dress code within and on leaving the Hospital.
- Facilitate effective change and conflict management.
- Orientation of new staff and students
- Facilitate staff development both personal and professional.
- Coaching and mentoring of staff
- Ensure professional conduct and appearance of staff.
- Promote staff wellbeing.
- Work effectively and co-operatively with others to establish and maintain good working relationships that are mutually beneficial.
- Create and maintain a positive environment where the differences of others are recognized, understood, and valued, so that all can reach their full potential and maximize their contributions.
- Develop collaborative relationships to help accomplish work goal.
- Maintain customer intimacy through building relationships with doctors, nursing staff, suppliers and building patient loyalty.
- Build strategic inter-departmental relationships to help achieve business goals at Exco and departmental level within the hospitals.
- Foster an effective working relationship with service providers.
- Foster an effective working relationship with public liability.