Unit Manager High Care

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CONSISTENCY OF CARE
Financial Management
• Manage acuities and skill mix in such a way as to ensure cost effective quality care.
• Manage all costs emanating from the department
• Ensure correct billing, stock management and purchasing
• Facilitate timeous and accurate compilation of files
Governance and quality management
• Identify quality improvement opportunities and ensure appropriate strategy and Quality Improvement initiatives are developed and measured
Risk management
• Investigate all negative incidents and ensure appropriate capturing on IMS
• Monitor safety standards in accordance with the Machine and Occupational Safety Act (Act 6 of 1983). Report all accidents and incidents to Line Manager / Safety Representatives
• Ensure compliance with protocols, policies and Acts
• Ensure that all equipment is in working order and properly maintained
• Control of asset register
Patient care
• Ensure the unit is providing safe, cost-effective quality patient care in line with the Clinical Governance strategy and evidence based practice
• Evaluate the patient’s journey through patient experience and stakeholder input
• Evaluate nursing quality indicators and clinical outcomes
• Communicate effectively with patients regarding their care
• Promote health and wellbeing of patients and staff
• Ensure the principles of infection prevention and all standard precautions are adhered to
• Implementing group quality initiatives
TRANSFORMATION OF OUR SOCIETY
Transformation targets
• Ensure achievement of transformation goals as set out by the Transformation Committee
Teamwork
• Actively participate as a member of a team to achieve goals
Personal and professional development
• Active involvement in own professional development to maintain a satisfactory level of skill and knowledge.
• Keep up to date with Netcare’s evolving policies and procedures
• Keep abreast of current research in the applicable discipline
People management
• Create an environment where staff are aware of the role they play in the provision of quality nursing care and their value to the organization
• Assign decision making, authority, tasks and responsibility to appropriate persons in order to maximize organisation and employee effectiveness.
• Develop a talented nursing workforce.
• Co-operate with Netcare Education Division to ensure appropriate nursing training for the delivery of quality care
• Facilitate a culture that is supportive of talent management and the initiation of required implementations to hone nursing talent
• Monitor staff attendance and/or absenteeism and ensure action is taken accordingly
• Enforce staff dress code within and on leaving the Hospital
• Facilitate effective change and conflict management
• Orientation of new staff and students
• Facilitate staff development both personal and professional
• Coaching and mentoring of staff
• Ensure professional conduct and appearance of staff
• Promote staff wellbeing
Build and maintain stakeholder relationships
• Work effectively and co-operatively with others to establish and maintain good working relationships that are mutually beneficial.
• Create and maintain a positive environment where the differences of others are recognized, understood, and valued, so that all can reach their full potential and maximize their contributions.
• Develop collaborative relationships to help accomplish work goal
• Maintain customer intimacy through building relationships with doctors, nursing staff, suppliers and building patient loyalty
• Build strategic inter-departmental relationships to help achieve business goals at Exco and departmental level within the hospitals
• Foster an effective working relationship with service providers
• Foster an effective working relationship with Public liability
DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION
Implementing medical technologies, digitisation, and data solutions for the benefit of our business and patients.
• CareOn adoption of electronic patient records, e-scripts and clinical orders by doctors and stock management

Inherent Requirements

• A relevant nursing qualification (Diploma in General Nursing/ B Cur Degree) or equivalent NQF 7 qualification
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Registered Nurse
• Post Basic Qualification in Critical Care
• Qualification in health services management
• Minimum 3 years of experience post obtaining speciality qualification

Join the team that providing the best and safest
care.