Unit Manager (Theatre) – RH Matjhabeng Private Hospital View All Careers
Description
An employment opportunity is available for a Unit Manager, reporting to the Nursing Services Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring and monitoring quality nursing care coordinating the multidisciplinary team in the hospital.
Critical Outputs
• Evaluate and monitor nursing quality indicators and clinical outcomes.
• Provide cost effective quality patient care in line with clinical governance.
• Ensure the principles of infection prevention and all international standards precautions are adhered to.
• Implement quality initiatives.
• Communicate effectively with patients regarding their care.
• Function as clinical expert in achieving patient outcomes.
• Ensure competence of staff and students, determine and drive criteria for effective professional socialization, create an environment conducive to learning and provide feedback to relevant stakeholders.
• Promote customer satisfaction within unit, address customer complaints, conduct quality care rounds and clinical practice audits to monitor care levels and report accordingly.
• Identify clinical and safety risks and trends in all of the above, implement corrective action where necessary and monitor on an ongoing basis.
• Initiate and drive unit specific best operating practice, communicate these for wider implementation and participate in hospital specific marketing initiatives.
• Ensure staff are trained on the operation of equipment within unit and together with relevant stakeholders ensure equipment is in working order to provide a safe patient environment.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with doctors by agreeing on a professional code of conduct, driving and monitoring effective communication regarding positive patient outcomes.
Requirements
• A relevant nursing qualification (B Cur Degree and relevant management qualification)
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Registered Nurse
• Post Basic Diploma in Operating Theatre • 3-5 years’ experience as Unit Manager
• Computer proficient
Competencies
- Collaboration/ Relationship Building
- Analytical thinking
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Influencing
- Customer responsiveness
- Ethical behaviour
- Attention to detail
- Builds effective teams
- Decision making
Departments
- Nursing