Staff Nurse
Job Purpose
We are seeking experienced and trained nursing staff for a new 60 bed sub-acute facility in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town providing high quality care to patients of all ages

If you want to work in a dynamic and fulfilling team environment, this is the job for you
To ensure high quality patient care, we also invest in continuous development of our staff, which includes both internal and external training
Make a difference at this new Sub Acute Facility in Tokai and apply now

Qualifications
Senior certificate and SANC registered as Enrolled Nurse

Experience and Knowledge
Experience in Neuro, Stroke, Orthopaedics, Geriatrics, as well as experience within sub acute environment

Skills and Attributes
Strong interpersonal skills
Professional communication
Ability to work under pressure
Managerial skills
Making sound decisions
Computer literate
Professional
Focused
Fully bilingual in Afrikaans and English
Well spoken
Neat, compassion for the elderly
Be able to converse with people on different levels - staff, families, MDT and other professionals coming into the facility

Responsibilities

Handover
Do morning handover according to ISBAR procedure with Duty Sister on opposite shift
Ensure all reporting up to date for handover and all information checked when receiving handover
Staff Allocation and management

Allocate staff on shift according to patient needs and operational requirements and specific activities and information from the handover process
Do changes in staff allocation throughout the shift according to changes in needs and requirements

Performance appraisals with staff
Promote sound relationships and motivation in team members
Address any issues with regards to staffing in terms of performance and discipline with the assistance of HR where needed

Medication
Ensure all blister packaged medication is available on the trolley and medication not prescribed anymore are removed from blister pack

Check all scripts and cupboards for any medication not in blister packs
Administer medication as per scope of practice under supervision of Prof Nurse under the direct and indirect supervision of Professional Nurse
Prof Nurse to sign off on schedule 5 & 6 drugs, Enrolled Nurse co signs the scheduled drug book

Do rounds, check for sufficient consumption and administer all medication to residents as per the scripts Check for any side effects of medication and adjust accordingly by phoning the doctor and arranging for new script

Chart medication on ECP g. Manage medication change process. Contact Dr and send script to pharmacy, changes to be made on ECP copy to be placed on residents file
MDT and Interaction with professional
Regular MDT meetings with in-house healthcare support team
Regular meetings with outside healthcare professionals and amend care plans and ECP upon their recommendation of specific resident
Resident Admissions and discharges

Assessment of patient upon request for admission
Ensure necessary documentation is completed en sent to Clinical head for review
Draw up person centered care plan and put on ECP
Contact with medical doctors and families
Organise medication for patient and follow up on scripts at discharge
Follow up with appointments with doctors

Draw up discharge plan and discuss with family
Step Down and Clinical
Ensure progress reports are sent to the medical aid after it has been approved by the Unit Manager
Measure daily the vitals and activity levels
Follow up with MDT on patient progress and do referrals
Should PN be on same shift as the Enrolled Nurse, clinical duties will apply within scope of practice and as directed by the PN on shift

Catering
Check trays and diet list and approve
Ensure that the Food Ambassador performs duties according to job description
Handle all food related complaints and refer to relevant parties
Send special instruction / changes / ad hoc to the kitchen
Control cancellations
Do referrals to inhouse dietician
Oversee intake and outputs and adjust care plan if necessary
Intervene where necessary

Clinical Tasks
Oversee and do dressings, wound care and pressure care
Deal with skin lesions
Do catheter care and flushing intervention
Do daily resident rounds and measure vitals

Assess patients on specific areas of concern and adjust the care plan
Administration & Reporting
Morning admin (before medication rounds):
Daily admin during shift:
Reporting
Log on ECP
Check emails
Check fire lists
Check resident list
Sign off on diet and tray list
Follow up on new scripts and phone the pharmacy to arrange
Follow up on Dr’s appointments
Follow up on all tests (blood, urine) and receive results
Do adjustments to medicine and care plans on ECP
Daily reporting to the UM on any interventions during the shift
Thorough reporting during shift change
Incident reporting


Report IOD to HR and UM
Complete cardex
Timestamping on ECP
Medication on ECP

Emergencies
Follow emergency plan in the case of panic button alerts
Act according to patient’s living will in case of emergency or resuscitation
Phone emergency services immediately for village emergencies
Phone Dr of resident in case of emergency
Phone family in the case of death to inform them in a calm and dignified manner