Job description

Job title: Theatre Manager

Reports to: Nursing Manager

Location: Mossel Bay

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and coordinating the theatre complex line with clinical protocols and company & hospital strategic objectives.

Requirements:

• Matric
• Must be Theatre Qualified
• A Post –Basic Theatre qualification/Diploma
• Current registration with SANC as a professional nurse
• 5 – 8 years relevant theatre experience in a managerial capacity
• A relevant management qualification will be an added advantage
• Strong leadership skills, sound communication and inter-personal skills
• The ability to work well under pressure and assume responsibility for managing personal outputs
• Computer proficiency

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal and written communication and presentation
• Influencing
• Action orientation and Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Leading by example
• Motivating and developing people
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour

Duties and Responsibility

• Conduct effective stock management
-Reviewing and maintaining the relevant inventory control reports and stock levels
-Ensuring effective project management by:
• Managing the implementation of formulary changes, accelerated product conversions and RSRT improvement initiatives
• Communicate to theatre staff and doctors to comply with formulary products
• Limit supplier access into theatre by ensuring the supplier representative procedure is adhered to
• Ensuring effective theatre utilization by effectively allocating theatre time to doctors
• Minimise overtime hours by updating shifts schedules and arranging call lists
• Providing effective people management by demonstrating visible leadership skill by sponsoring initiatives and projects and ensuring change is supported
• Develop a resourcing plan with the nurse team to ensure quality staff are recruited
• Provided direction and inspire positive work behaviour in theatre
• Develop learning opportunities for staff in order to ensure all staff members have a complete and relevant IDP in line with career aspirations and succession planning services
• Manage performance and productivity by conducting JPM’s and rewarding top performers’
• Ensuring transactional processing in relation to employee compensation and benefits is complete
• Ensure productive working relationships are supported by sound employee relations and compliance the IR policies
• Manage employee wellness by implementing strategies that ensures a fair work-work life balance
• Establishing effective doctor relationships by taking note of doctors requirements and addressing doctor’s request timorously
• Producing effective quality systems management by
- Ensuring continuous improvement in patient safety
- Ensuring compliance to ISO measurement by the identification and closure of non-conformances
• Conducting operations, clinical and risk management by participating in consultative forum and management meetings
• Providing input in the budgeting and capex Meeting

Salary
Negotiable

Start date: ASAP