Responsibilities
Assesses nursing services by making rounds, conductingchart reviews and evaluates patient care.
Ensures that patients’ safety and rights are upheld in the ward/department.
Ensures patients’ privacy and confidentiality is maintained at all times.
Responsible for the identification and development of the senior nurses to become effective mentors/ supervisors in clinical practice.
Manages and conducts probationary and annual performance appraisal on assigned nurses and other staff where relevant
Setting personal objectives and identifying any personal development.
Counsels and disciplines nursing staff when needed following agreed organisation policy and procedures.
Participates in selection, recruitment, orientation and training of nursing officers.
Ensures patients are cared for in a clean and safe environment taking remedial action if standards are not attained.
Be the champion for driving the infection prevention and control agenda and challenging poor practice.
Manage and respond to complaints and adverse incidents.
Undertake root cause analysis and develop action plans,ensuring that this leads to change in practice.
Establish and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives and medical team to contribute to the active resolution of potentially complex situations, conflicts and issues.
Share best practice and drive improvements in patient care through the Clinical meeting and nurse supervisors’ Forum.
Be responsible for monitoring and maintaining excellent clinical standards within clinical teams and all units of the nursing department.
Supervising of all the registers with complete details
Coordinates regular team meetings to ensure consistency and drive change within the hospital and patient care.
Responsible for maintaining personnel operations including performance appraisals, daily KPI monitoring and assist in staff audit.
Promotes and monitors regulatory agency standards and customer service expectations for the practice in all aspects of nursing
Provides leadership and guidance to assigned staff.
Identifies learning opportunities, provides effective coaching and feedback, and develops corrective action plans as appropriate.
Effectively intercedes with family and patients and resolves concerns related to the delivery of health care services.
Assesses trends and developments in health care and nursing; identifies program needs, and projects the impact of changes on programs and services.
Provides information and guidance in the development of policies and standards of nursing practice for new programs; adapts nursing procedures and practices to meet the changing needs of nursing and health care programs.
Collaborates with nursing staff at all levels, interdisciplinary teams, executive staff, and other stakeholders in the development, implementation, and evaluation of program services.
Evaluates staff competencies by direct observation, peer overview, orientation and employee input, documenting this in the appropriate system.
To strive for effective partnership working with other health and social care providers in the area which supports seamless care for all patients within Nova Medi Clinic
QMS Implementer for the nursing department and the hospital at large.
Responsible for the yearly strategic direction and monitoring implementation of the strategies of the nursing department in connection with the overall organizational strategy.
Quarterly/half yearly assessment report on nursing department’s strategy for the year.
Prepares monthly/quarterly/yearly work plan and report to management of job function.
Any other Adhoc duties.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or a related field.
Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license.
At least 5 years leadership experience in a healthcare or clinical setting.
Strong knowledge of medical terminology, procedures, and protocols.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Able to work independently and as part of a team.
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and relevant credentials all in one document (MSword or PDF) to: medicalrecruitfrica@gmail.com using “NURSING SERVICES COORDINATOR” as the subject of the mail.
Apply via :
medicalrecruitfrica@gmail.com
