Registered Nurse | Shift Leader

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Registered Nurse and Shift Leader at Helderberg Personnel. The position involves leading and coordinating all care activities during a shift, ensuring high standards of holistic, clinical, and personal care for residents, with a particular focus on older persons. **What you will do** * Lead and coordinate all care activities on shift, ensuring consistently high standards of holistic, clinical and personal care * Develop positive relationships with residents and understand their background, culture, medical condition, individual needs and preferences * Administer medication and perform specialised nursing duties, including wound and stoma care, specimen collection, infection control and risk management * Ensure medication is administered and accurately recorded in accordance with prescribed policies and procedures * Ensure day and night shift procedures are consistently followed and care activities are appropriately allocated to Careworkers * Maintain and regularly review individual care plans, ensuring accurate records of all interventions and activities * Maintain key registers and records relating to abuse, restraints, complaints and compliments, falls risks and directives * Promote residents’ independence, personal value, dignity and quality of life while maintaining a safe, respectful and supportive environment * Oversee the development and implementation of daily activities programmes for residents * Participate in multidisciplinary care planning and the ongoing evaluation of resident care * Contribute to the promotion and maintenance of health, including the prevention and early detection of illness * Monitor health and safety conditions, ensure monthly health and safety checks are conducted, report concerns and malfunctioning equipment promptly, and support ongoing risk mitigation * Maintain effective communication between shifts, ensuring the communications book is updated and instructions are followed up * Manage and monitor relevant consumable stock levels, service usage and waste control * Manage and maintain records relating to enquiries, referrals and care activities * Provide guidance, continuous in-service training and performance feedback to care staff, and contribute to performance management * Participate in the recruitment and selection of care staff and assist with grievance and disciplinary procedures where required * Maintain clear, open and effective communication with residents, colleagues, Careworkers and senior management * Attend and participate in meetings, management activities, statutory and in-service programmes, and quality improvement initiatives * Adhere to all organisational policies, procedures, Code of Conduct and relevant nursing standards * Act as a First Aider and/or Health & Safety delegate where required * Be available for standby duties and call-outs/after-hours emergencies as directed * Undertake additional duties and responsibilities as delegated by senior management **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Registered Nurse with current SANC registration and annual licence to practise * Minimum Grade 12 * Minimum 5 years’ experience in a care environment, with previous experience caring for older persons; elderly/frail care experience essential * Experience in dementia care, with formal training in the care of people with dementia advantageous/required * Proven leadership and team-management skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team * Excellent communication and listening skills, with strong interpersonal skills and extraordinary patience and empathy when working with older persons * Excellent organisational abilities, attention to detail, accuracy and the ability to manage multiple priorities * Self-driven, reliable and able to work effectively under pressure and handle stressful situations * Friendly, confident, professional and compassionate manner * Computer literate, with proficiency in Outlook, Excel and Word * Proficiency in English; Afrikaans required/preferred, with additional local languages advantageous * Willingness to work flexible day and night shifts on a rotating schedule and participate in standby duties and call-outs * Valid driver’s licence and reliable transport **Who should apply** An experienced and registered nurse with at least 5 years in a care environment, specifically with older persons and essential elderly/frail care experience. Candidates should have dementia care experience and proven leadership and team-management skills, capable of working independently and as part of a team. The ideal applicant will possess excellent communication, listening, and interpersonal skills, extraordinary patience and empathy, and strong organisational abilities with attention to detail. They should be self-driven, reliable, professional, compassionate, computer literate, and proficient in English, with Afrikaans being required/preferred. A willingness to work flexible shifts, standby duties, and call-outs, along with a valid driver’s licence and reliable transport, are also necessary. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/registered-nurse-shift-leader-helderberg-personnel-3 Source: myjobmag

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• At least 5 years of experience.

• Microsoft Excel
• Driver's licence
• Afrikaans

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