Registered Nurse NICU Qualified

A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse NICU Qualified, based at Life Bay View Private Hospital, reporting to Melinda Verwey, ICU Unit Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing holistic and optimal quality nursing care to critically ill NICU patients in order to maximize a positive outcome for the customer in line with Company & Hospital strategic objectives. The RN will be utilized between adult ICU and NICU due to occupancy.

• Providing quality basic and specialized nursing care
• Continual communication with the patient and family with regards to the patient s condition
• Administering of medication in accordance to ethical, legal framework
• Review and comply with internal policies and protocols
• Ensuring quality management systems and initiatives are conducted according to the unit specification
• Advocate the patient by motivating acuity to the case management and notify the doctor of any limitations

• Interacting and communicating with a multi-disciplinary team
• Provide training and development to ensure personal and professional growth
• Ensure the NICU team works according to the scope of practice in order to ensure the correct skills mix is utilized.

• Managing all stock used according to unit specific policies and protocols
• Control and manage staff hours leave in accordance with the company policy

• Maintaining a safe and holistic patient environment in order to enforce infection control
• Promoting a safe and healthy working environment by completing SHEQ alerts and incident reports to the SHEQ Coordinator

• Conducting in-service orientation on doctor specific preferences
• Execute doctor s requests and prescriptions after patient rounds
• Assisting in multi-disciplinary team members with the execution of their duties

• Check equipment and instrumentation are in working condition on a daily basis and report any defaults to Unit Manager and Clinical Engineer
• Educate and supervise staff and doctors on the correct utilisation of specialised equipment and instrumentation

• Ensuring records and accurately completed and stored in accordance with legal and ethical requirements

• Relevant Degree or Diploma in Nursing
• Nursing experience in ICU and NICU
• Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic and well organized
• Must be able to work under pressure in a continuously changing environment
• Strong Interpersonal skills required
• Must be willing to fulfill a role in the unit according to the flexi-hours system and call system

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation
• NICU ventilation competent
• Drive & energy
• Excellence orientation
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organizational awareness
• Leading my example (Key for Managers)
• Motivating and developing people (Key for Managers)
• Ethical behavior

Email: Closing date Monday, April 13, 2026

Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.

Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert, should consider their application as unsuccessful.