Registered Nurse | Theatre Qualified -Life Groenkloof Hospital

Life Healthcare

Minimum qualification
Diploma
Closing date

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In brief

**Overview** This document outlines the details for a Registered Nurse Theatre Qualified position at Life Groenkloof Hospital, part of Life Healthcare. The role reports to the Unit Manager and involves assisting the surgical team in performing successful surgical procedures, with a focus on ensuring patients receive optimal care in line with company and hospital objectives. **What you will do** * Ensure effective financial management by accurately charging through managing theatre clocking time. * Charge consignment stock, equipment, and prostheses according to policy. * Manage stock by participating in regular stocktaking and controlling consignment stock as per hospital local policy. * Affect the functioning of theatre equipment and instrumentation by ensuring its correct use through educating and supervising staff. * Provide quality patient care by obtaining correct pre-operative information and visiting patients post-operatively. * Ensure patient comfort and assist the doctor during surgical procedures. * Ensure effective people management by providing theatre-specific training and assessing staff competence. * Assist the Unit Manager in monitoring normal and overtime hours. * Ensure the theatre team works according to their scope of practice. * Give feedback to the Unit Manager to assess optimal performance. * Ensure effective SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment, Quality) management by ensuring the use of personal protective clothing and complying with ISO requirements. * Ensure the disposal of medical waste to effectively control infection. * Maintain effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders by attending review and consultative meetings. * Maintain healthy relationships with external stakeholders by reporting and escalating unresolved issues to the Unit Manager. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * General Nursing Degree / Diploma * Diploma in operating theatre technique * Registration with SANC * Experience in orthopedics and Ortho spine plus technical skills (an advantage) * Understanding of the private healthcare industry, its challenges, and role players (an advantage) * Computer proficiency (an advantage) **Who should apply** The ideal candidate should possess strong problem-solving, analytical, and judgmental skills, demonstrating resilience and an ability to engage with diversity. They should have excellent verbal and written communication and presentation abilities, be influential, and show drive and energy, always striving for excellence. Ethical behaviour, strong relationship-building capabilities, customer responsiveness, and organisational awareness are key. The candidate should also be able to lead by example. **Deadline** 7th October, 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/registered-nurse-theatre-qualified-life-groenkloof-hospital-life-healthcare Source: myjobmag

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    * A vacancy exists for Registered Nurse Theatre Qualified, based at Life Groenkloof Hospital, reporting to the Unit manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the surgical team to perform surgical procedures on patients successfully and to ensure that the patient receives optimal care in accordance with company and hospital strategic objectives. Critical Outputs Ensuring effective financial management by * Ensuring accurate charging by managing theatre clocking time * Ensuring consignment stock, equipment and prosthesis is charged according to policy * Managing stock by participating in regular stock taking and controlling of the consignment stock in accordance with the hospital local policy Affecting the functioning of theatre equipment and instrumentation by * Ensuring the correct use of theatre equipment and instrumentation by educating and supervising staff on the correct utilization of the equipment * Providing Quality patient care by Obtaining the correct information pre-operatively and visiting the patient post-operatively * Ensuring that the patient is comfortable and assist the doctor during the surgical procedure Ensuring effective people management by * Providing theatre specific training and assessing the competence of staff * Assist the Unit Manager to correctly monitor the normal and overtime hours * Ensure the theater team works according to the scope of practice * Give feedback to the unit manager in order to assess optimal performance Effective SHEQ management by * Ensuring the use of personal protective clothing and complying with ISO requirements * Ensuring the disposal of medical waste in order to effectively control infection Effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders * Attend review and consultative form meetings to maintain healthy relationships with internal stakeholders * Maintain a healthy relationship with external stakeholders by reporting and escalating unresolved issues to the unit manager Requirements * General Nursing Degree / Diploma * Diploma in operating theatre technique * Registration with SANC * Experience in orthopedics and Ortho spine plus technical skills will be an advantage. * Understanding of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage * Computer proficiency would be an advantage Competencies * Problem-solving, analysis and judgement * Resilience * Engaging diversity * Verbal & written communication and presentation * Influencing * Drive & energy * Excellence orientation * Ethical behaviour * Building relationships * Customer responsiveness * Organisational awareness * Leading by example Deadline:7th October,2026

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