Unit Manager Psychiatric (Re-advertised) – RH Rand View All Careers

Description

An employment opportunity is available for a Unit Manager, reporting to the Hospital 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/ or relevant management qualification)

• Diploma in speciality. • Experience in a Private Psychiatric facility.

• Five years’ experience working as a Registered Nurse in private healthcare.

• Successful candidate must have own transport and be available to be on stand-by and respond to call outs.

• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Registered Nurse

• 2 - 8 years’ experience as Unit Manager

• Computer proficient

Competencies

• Collaboration/ Relationship Building
• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Customer responsiveness
• Excellence and quality orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Adaptability
• Attention to detail
• Decision making

Departments

• Management
• Nursing