Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse – Palliative

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About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast‑paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self‑driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

Key Purpose

The Palliative Nurse will play a key role in the care and co‑ordination of Discovery Health members in the palliative stage of care. The Palliative Nurse will be expected to manage patients as defined by the World Health Organisation in their home environment, “Palliative Care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing problems associated with life‑threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering, the early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual”.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive assessments and facilitate effective pain management.
• Apply knowledge of pain relief principles and monitor for treatment side effects.
• Administer medications, including the use of syringe drivers and IV therapies.
• Manage a range of physical symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhoea, cough, dyspnoea, delirium, dementia, and malodorous wounds.
• Provide care during the terminal phase, ensuring comfort and dignity.
• Assess and support psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients and families.
• Empower and guide families throughout the patient’s illness and bereavement process.
• Navigate ethical challenges in end‑of‑life care with sensitivity and professionalism.
• Collaborate effectively with the multidisciplinary team to coordinate patient care.
• Monitor and evaluate the quality of care provided.
• Deliver hands‑on nursing care when required.
• Educate patients and families to support informed decision‑making.
• Advocate for care practices that uphold the principles of palliative care.
• Conduct thorough assessments to relieve pain and distressing symptoms, including vital sign monitoring.
• Perform clinical procedures such as injections, syringe driver setup, IV cannulation, and bowel management (manual evacuation, suppositories, enemas).
• Maintain skin integrity through pressure area care and appropriate wound dressings.
• Assist in the organization and management of medication regimens.
• Ensure accurate documentation of care and patient visits.
• Communicate patient needs and concerns within the multidisciplinary team, including doctors and social workers.
• Uphold the philosophy that life is to be affirmed and death is a natural process.
• Provide care that neither hastens nor delays death.
• Integrate psychological and spiritual aspects into patient care.
• Support patients to live as actively and meaningfully as possible until death.

Competencies

Experience, Qualifications, and Mandatory Requirements

Advantageous

Employment Equity

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

Seniority Level

Associate

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Health Care Provider

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