Nursing Services Manager Malmesbury, Cape Town - iMedrecruit

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Nursing Services Manager Malmesbury, Cape Town

A Hospital Group requires a Nursing Service Manager who will be responsible for the overall nursing management of the hospital.

This includes the co-ordination of all functions and activities related to the provision, promotion, and assurance of quality patient care, through the leadership of a multidisciplinary team in consultation with all relevant stakeholders.

The Nursing Services Manager will assume responsibility for motivating, supporting and optimising staff performance through capacity building, mentoring, and training thereby ensuring that an optimum contribution is made to the successful functioning of the hospital.

The Nursing Services Manager will be responsible for coordinating improved quality nursing care by ensuring compliance to professional and ethical practice.

In accordance, the incumbent will be accountable for coordinating capacity building, mentoring, and training, financial and stock management including cost effective quality patient care.

Requirements (but not limited to)

Hospital Foundations
Promotes and restores patients' health by developing daytoday management and longterm planning of the patients care.
Directs and develops nursing staff by creating schedules, offering advice, and answering any healthrelated questions.
Collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary professional staff.
Provides physical and psychological support for patients, as well as their friends and families.
Maintains the nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing divisions.
Enforces adherence to the state board of nursing and state nurse practice requirements.
Completes patient care requirements by scheduling and assigning nursing and staff.
Maintains nursing staff by coaching, counselling, and disciplining through monitoring and appraising nurses job performance.
Provides information to patients and the health care team by answering questions and requests.
Safety and controls
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 Report all accidents and incidents to Hospital Manager / Safety Representatives.
Ensure compliance with protocols, policies and acts.
Ensure the allclinical department are providing safe, costeffective quality patient care in line with the Clinical Governance strategy and evidencebased practice.
Ensure the principles of infection prevention and all standard precautions are adhered to implementing group quality initiatives.
Holistic Care
Evaluate the patients journey through patient experience and stakeholder input.
Evaluate nursing quality indicators and clinical outcomes.
Communicate effectively with unit managers.
Demonstrate an integrated knowledge of the business mission, value proposition and value chain by presenting clear action items related for nursing initiatives in response to more challenges or opportunities facing the hospital.
Understand how local demands and supply dynamics translate into financial, operational and labour requirements and aligns tactical plans accordingly.
Be aware of the impact of critical national and local environmental factors e.g., skills shortages, power shortages etc. on hospital conditions.
Consider and integrate relevant local environmental factors into SWOT analysis and tactical nursing plans, making adjustments and improvements as needed and respond to changes.
People Leadership
Maintains nursing staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training nurses and auxiliary staff.
Moves others to action by translating the vision and values into daytoday activities and guiding others to take the appropriate action steps to support the vision and values.
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.
Develop talented nursing leaders through mentorship and coaching.
Facilitate effective change and conflict management.
Create conditions of willingness and participation amongst teams by providing sufficient encouragement, information, resources and authority to make the necessary decisions to accomplish tasks.
Manage acuities and skill mix in such a way as to ensure cost effective quality care.
Ensure achievement of transformation goals as set out by the Transformation Committee.
Actively participate as an Exco member of a team to achieve goals.
Monitor staff attendance and / or absenteeism and ensure action is taken accordingly.
Governance, Policy and Process
Maintains a safe and clean working environment by designing health procedures and protocols.
Managing all related nursing services and activities according to the