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ICU Registered Nurse

ICU Registered Nurse

Abantu Staffing SolutionsEast London, ZA
16 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Overview

Our client within the Healthcare sector is seeking 3 x ICU Registered Nurses. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing holistic and optimal quality nursing care to critically ill patients to maximize a positive outcome for the customer in line with the Company and Hospital strategic objectives.

Minimum Requirements

  • Grade 12 / Matric
  • Relevant Degree or Diploma in Nursing
  • Nursing experience in ICU
  • Must be willing to fulfil a role in the unit according to the flexi-hours system and call system

Job Responsibilities

To provide quality patient care

  • Providing quality basic and specialized nursing care
  • Continual communication with the patient and family regarding the patient's condition
  • Administering medication following the ethical, legal framework
  • Review and comply with internal policies and protocols
  • Ensuring quality management systems and initiatives are conducted according to the unit specification
  • Advocate for the patient by motivating acuity to the case management and notifying the doctor of any limitations
  • Provide effective people management

  • 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 to ensure the correct skills mix is utilised
  • Provide effective cost management

  • Managing all stock used according to unit-specific policies and protocols
  • Control and manage staff hours leave following the company policy
  • Provide effective Infection Control and SHEQ

  • Maintaining a safe and holistic patient environment 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

  • Conducting in-service orientation on doctor-specific preferences
  • Execute doctors' requests and prescriptions after patient rounds
  • Assisting multi-disciplinary team members with the execution of their duties
  • Ensuring the effective functioning of equipment and instrumentation
  • Check that equipment and instrumentation are in working condition daily and report any defaults to the Unit Manager and Clinical Engineer
  • Educate and supervise staff and doctors on the correct utilisation of specialised equipment and instrumentation
  • Ensuring effective record keeping

  • Ensuring that records and accurately completed and stored following legal and ethical requirements
  • Key Competencies / Skills

  • Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic, and well organised
  • Must be able to work under pressure in a continuously changing environment
  • Strong Interpersonal skills required
  • Problem-solving, analysis, and judgment
  • Resilience
  • Engaging diversity
  • Verbal & written communication and presentation
  • Drive and energy
  • Excellence orientation
  • Ethical behaviour
  • Building relationships
  • Customer responsiveness
  • Organisational awareness