Registered Nurse – SICU Experienced | Life Healthcare

A vacancy exists for Registered Nurse – SICU Experienced based in Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Life Peglerae Hospital reporting to Christine Kholungoane – Unit Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring delivery of uncompromising quality care in line with Company strategic objectives and applicable Health /Nursing legislation.

Critical Outputs

To provide quality patient care by:

• Review and comply with internal policies and protocols
• Ensuring quality management systems and initiatives are conducted according to the unit specification
• Advocate the patient by motivating acuity to the case management and notify the doctor of any limitations

Provide effective people management by

• Interacting and communicating with a multi-disciplinary team
• Provide training and development to ensure personal and professional growth
• Ensure the ICU team works according to the scope of practice in order to ensure the correct skills mix is utilized

Provide effective cost management by

• Managing all stock used according to unit specific policies and protocols
• Control and manage staff hours leave in accordance with the company policy

Provide effective Infection Control and SHEQ by

• Maintaining a safe and holistic patient environment in order to enforce infection control
• Promoting a safe and healthy working environment by completing SHEQ alerts and incident reports to the SHEQ Coordinator

Ensuring effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders by

• Conducting in-service orientation on doctor specific preferences
• Execute doctor’s requests and prescriptions after patient rounds
• Assisting in multi-disciplinary team members with the execution of their duties

Ensuring the effective functioning of equipment and instrumentation

• Check equipment and instrumentation are in working condition on a daily basis and report any defaults to Providing quality basic and specialized nursing care
• Continual communication with the patient and family with regards to the patient’s condition
• Administering of medication in accordance to ethical, legal framework
• Unit Manager and Clinical Engineer
• Educate and supervise staff and doctors on the correct utilisation of specialised equipment and instrumentation

Ensuring effective record keeping by

• Ensuring records and accurately completed and stored in accordance with legal and ethical requirements

Requirements

• Relevant Degree or Diploma in Nursing
• Midwifery Qualification an advantage
• Nursing Experience in ICU
• Must be able to function independently as well as inter-dependently
• Registered with SANC. All qualifications to be registered.
• Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic and well organized
• Must be able to work under pressure in a continuously changing environment
• Strong Interpersonal skills required
• Must be willing to fulfil a role in the unit according to the flexi-hours system and call system

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Attention to detail
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication skills
• Influencing skills
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Action orientation
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour

Closing date

Wednesday, December 31, 2025