Primary Healthcare Nursing Practitioner

About Kaelo
Kaelo provides essential healthcare solutions ensuring the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of all South Africans towards lasting social change. Kaelo meets the Healthcare needs of Corporate and Retail clients across South Africa – products offerings include Medical Insurance, Medical Aid, Gap Insurance, Kaelo Money and employee assistance programmes.

Job Description

Manage Primary Health Care Clinic Services, providing care for the community and collaborating with social care providers. Managing the accreditation process and other quality and risk management activities.

KEY OUTCOMES (not limited to) Level 4 and 5 process elements
Health promotion and Patient Carer:
Treatment and care of people, involving interdisciplinary teams
Illness prevention
Chronic illness management

Education:
Providing education and support to other providers such as Doctors and administration staff
Community development

Problem Solving:
In clinical or organisational contexts

Quality Control:
Organising clinical work environments, including infection control and risk management 

Agent of Connectivity:
Being an agent of connectivity between different health disciplines and between patients and health services

Qualifications

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

PERSON DETAILS: WORK EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED
2 years in Primary Health Care environment
Emergency Care/ Emergency drugs
PREFERRED
Professional Nurse with Primary Health Care experience

EDUCATION:

QUALIFICATIONS

: ACCREDITATIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL BODY
REQUIRED
Qualification in Primary Health Nursing
Registered with SANC and DoH
Certificate in dispensing
PREFERRED
Qualification in Primary Health care

TECHNICAL SKILLS OR KNOWLEDGE
REQUIRED
Sound knowledge and experience in the provision of Primary Health and Emergency care
Document and records management 
Computer literacy (Ms Office, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
Customer orientation, focus on excellence and teamwork
Ethical behaviour
Excellent communication skills
PREFERRED

Additional Information

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES : COMPETENCIES 

• Accountability
• Communication
• Business writing skills
• Efficient and effective mindset
• Planning and organisation
• Resilient and adaptive
• Self-development
• Significance and values oriented
• Ethical