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Unit Manager

Immploy Medical Recruitment Agency
Pietermaritzburg Full-day Full-time

Description:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Unit Manager. The ideal candidate will possess excellent leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills, ensuring the unit runs efficiently while meeting operational goals and maintaining high standards of service. Key Performance Indicators:
  • Provide effective management and professional leadership by ensuring that the unit is organized to promote quality health care
  • Ensure training and implementation of department policies
  • Ensure monitoring and evaluation of care and management of all patients, and the maintenance of accurate and complete patient care
  • Participate in the analysis, formulation and implementation of nursing policies and procedures
  • Supervise the implementation of health care delivery framework (including operational and risk plan)
  • Ensure implementation, adherence, monitoring and evaluation of the norms and standards in the unit and facility
  • Evaluate patient care programs and make proposals for improvement
  • Ensure efficient data flow and information management
  • Ensure reporting of and mitigation of Patient Safety Incident (PSI)
  • Ensure effective implementation of Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) practices
  • Monitor absenteeism, and exercise control over discipline, grievance, and labour issues in the unit
  • Formulate, participate, monitor and evaluate the efficacy of ward in-service training programs
  • Maintain constructive working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
  • Monitor/ manage proper utilization of human and material resources in the unit
  • Ensure timeous collection and submission of data and reports
  • Be available to participate in peer review audits
  • Ensure proper assessment of patient's acuity levels to maximize staff utilization
  • Work in collaboration with nursing services for effective bed management
  • Ensure effective communication via your channels of communication to encourage discussion of all levels in the facility
  • Ensure constructive input and active participation in committees which you are appointed to
Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, or related field
  • Previous experience in the specific industry (e.g. healthcare, retail, Hospitality)
  • Proven experience in a managerial or supervisory role, preferably within the relevant industry
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Knowledge of industry-specific regulations and best practices

Requirements:

  • Provide effective management and professional leadership by ensuring that the unit is organized to promote quality health care
  • Ensure training and implementation of department policies
  • Ensure monitoring and evaluation of care and management of all patients, and the maintenance of accurate and complete patient care
  • Participate in the analysis, formulation and implementation of nursing policies and procedures
  • Supervise the implementation of health care delivery framework (including operational and risk plan)
  • Ensure implementation, adherence, monitoring and evaluation of the norms and standards in the unit and facility
  • Evaluate patient care programs and make proposals for improvement
  • Ensure efficient data flow and information management
  • Ensure reporting of and mitigation of Patient Safety Incident (PSI)
  • Ensure effective implementation of Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) practices
  • Monitor absenteeism, and exercise control over discipline, grievance, and labour issues in the unit
  • Formulate, participate, monitor and evaluate the efficacy of ward in-service training programs
  • Maintain constructive working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
  • Monitor/ manage proper utilization of human and material resources in the unit
  • Ensure timeous collection and submission of data and reports
  • Be available to participate in peer review audits
  • Ensure proper assessment of patient's acuity levels to maximize staff utilization
  • Work in collaboration with nursing services for effective bed management
  • Ensure effective communication via your channels of communication to encourage discussion of all levels in the facility
  • Ensure constructive input and active participation in committees which you are appointed to
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, or related field
  • Previous experience in the specific industry (e.g. healthcare, retail, Hospitality)
  • Proven experience in a managerial or supervisory role, preferably within the relevant industry
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Knowledge of industry-specific regulations and best practices
03 Mar 2025;   from: careers24.com

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