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Looking for your next move as a Enrolled Nurse in Oudtshoorn? A role has just opened that gives you real responsibility and a clear path forward in Western Cape.
What This Role Involves
The Enrolled Nurse position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Western Cape. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Oudtshoorn and across the health jobs space.
Equally, the role suits a candidate who values consistency and clear communication. The Oudtshoorn operation runs on accurate work, steady relationships and a genuine respect for the people in the team.
Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the health jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Oudtshoorn much easier.
Your Workplace
In addition, the environment is clinical, regulated and patient-centred. Shift work, infection control protocols and clear scope-of-practice boundaries are part of every working day.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Oudtshoorn site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
On top of that, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.
A Typical Day
You start your shift with a thorough handover, picking up patient histories, treatment plans and any concerns from the previous team. The morning is paced but purposeful — vital signs, medication rounds, bedside conversations — and you’re constantly switching between clinical tasks and the very human work of reassuring patients and families. Multi-disciplinary rounds give you a chance to advocate for your patients, and by the time you hand over again, you have done meaningful work that makes a real difference to the people in your care.
Importantly, the Oudtshoorn office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
On top of that, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Western Cape operations throw up the unexpected.
Our Commitment to Transformation
Inclusive recruitment is part of the organisation’s employment practices. Applicants are assessed on relevant qualifications, skills and experience for this role in Oudtshoorn.
Practically speaking, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for Western Cape.
B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor vital signs and escalate clinical concerns to the attending clinician
- Manage stock levels of consumables and report shortages timeously
- Maintain accurate clinical records in line with SANC and POPIA
- Administer prescribed medications and document treatments accurately
- Operate and care for clinical equipment in line with manufacturer guidelines
- Support quality improvement audits and clinical governance reviews
- Mentor student nurses and junior staff during their rotations
Minimum Requirements
- Current registration with SANC or relevant professional body
- Empathy, integrity and respect for patient dignity
- Commitment to ongoing CPD and clinical learning
- Strong infection prevention and control awareness
- Working knowledge of POPIA as it applies to patient information
- Demonstrated ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams
- Proven clinical experience appropriate to the level advertised
Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.