Staff Nurse

• Package : R – R246 798 .00 per annum (plus benefits)

Requirements :

• Grade 12 or equivalent qualification. Certificate as an Enrolled Nurse. Current registration with the South African Nursing Council. Must have passion for nursing psychiatric patients. An experience in psychiatric nursing will be an advantage. Ability to be a team player, must have critical thinking and analytical, good interpersonal and communication skills. Able to handle pressure. Knowledge of the Nursing Act, Ideal Hospital Framework, Public Service Regulation, Patients’ Rights Charter, Batho Pele Principles, National Nursing Strategy and other legislative framework.
  
  Experience in working with psychiatric patients will be an added advantage.

Duties :

• Assist with activities of daily living (Maintain hygiene, provide nutrition, and assist with mobility and elimination processes). Provide elementary clinical care (Measure, interprets and record vital signs, Administration of oral medication and injections under direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. Executing nursing care plan for the patients including monitoring of vital signs and other observations. Preparation for and assistance with diagnostic and therapeutic acts by a registered person Escort patients for clinical investigations when required.
  
  Conduct health education and other group activities for patients. Participate in Infection Prevention and Control, waste management activities and other Hospital Committees. Report and record patient incidents as per Hospital Protocols. Maintain professional conduct as required by the Public Service Code of Conduct and SANC. Attend in service training as required. Relieve in other wards when necessary.

Notes :

• Applications should be submitted strictly online at the following E-Recruitment portal: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). No hand-delivered, faxed, or emailed applications will be accepted. For assistance with online applications please email your query to healthjobqueries.za. NB:
  Where Driver’s Licence is mandatory, exception will be granted for people with disabilities. Application should be accompanied by a fully completed and signed new Z83 application form obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet a.gov.za/documents plus a recently updated comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV), Registration Certificate with relevant professional body (HPCSA) and a proof of current registration (Annual Practicing Certificate/Card).
  
  Applications without proof of a new Z83 application form, a detailed CV, registration certificate and a proof of current registration card/certificate with relevant professional body will be disqualified. (Shortlisted candidates will receive communication from HR to submit certified copies of educational qualifications and other relevant documents not older than 6 months on or before the day of the interview). It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).
  
  All foreign qualification must be accompanied by evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Correspondence will only be limited to shortlisted candidates. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, citizenship, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification).
  
  Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. The recommended candidate may be subjected to Medical Surveillance as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 5/1993. It is Department’s intention to promote representivity (race, gender, and disability) in the Public Service through the filling of these posts. The Department reserves the right not to appoint/fill this post.
  
  WOMEN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Employer :
Department of Health

Closing Date : 04-02-2026

Criteria Questions

Do you have a Grade 12 or equivalent qualification and a Certificate as an Enrolled Nurse?

Are you currently registered with the South African Nursing Council?

Please Notes :

• Due to the large number of applications we envisage receiving, applications will not be acknowledged. If youdo not receive any response within 3 months, please accept that your application was not successful.