Unit Manager - GICU
Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital is a private, independent non-profit hospital with 181 hospital beds, committed to providing superior patient-centric care, whilst advancing towards world class clinical innovation. The hospital’s core services include cardiology, cardio thoracic surgery, spinal surgery, orthopaedic surgery, general surgery, ear-nose and throat surgery, specialist physicians and the following paediatric services – general, neurological, cardiology and gastroenterology services.
Role
We currently have a vacancy for a Unit Manager for the General Intensive Care Unit. The
General Intensive Care Unit consists of 2 units with a total of 12 beds and admits general ICU patients but predominantly medical patients.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the unit is providing safe, cost-effective quality patient care in line with the Clinical Governance strategy and evidence based care by and implementing hospital quality initiatives within the unit with the focus on improved clinical outcomes and report accordingly.
- Promote customer satisfaction within the unit, address customer complaints, conduct quality care rounds and clinical practice audits to monitor care levels and report accordingly.
- Drive and manage all people related processes within unit.
- Manage employees and resources efficiently, to ensure optimum functioning of the unit.
- Ensuring orientation of new employees and continuous development of employees according to the in-service program.
- Manage stock utilization and drive product management through ensuring correct billing, stock management and stock levels.
- Ensure compliance with protocols, policies standard operating procedures, nursing standards and Acts.
- Participate in business planning and budgeting processes and manage nursing costs according to the budget.
- Investigate all negative incidents and ensure appropriate capturing on reporting system.
- Ensure that all medical equipment is in working order and properly maintained.
- Management of unit capital expenditure budget.
- Develop and maintain multi-disciplinary relationships and collaboration.
- Maintain a healthy relationship with external stakeholders by reporting and escalating unresolved issues to the Nursing Manager.
- Performing all duties in accordance with the South African Nursing Council (SANC), Department of Health (DOH) and Office of Healthcare Standard Compliance.
Education
- A relevant nursing qualification (Diploma in General Nursing/ B Cur Degree).
- Post basic qualification in Critical Care Nursing is essential.
- Management qualification will be to your advantage.
Experience and Requirements
Experience managing an Intensive Care Unit will be to your advantage.
Other
- Effective leadership and people management skills.
- Proficient in English.
- Sound knowledge of budgetary process.
- Effective communicator.
- Show empathy and compassion.
- Adaptable.
- Resilient.
- Service Orientated.
- Planning, organizing, delegation
- Time management skills.
- Conflict management and problem-solving skills.
- Value diversity.
- Apply company values in the workplace.
- Assertive and confident.
- An intermediate level of Computer proficiency.
Additional Information
Interested candidates must please submit their CV’s to recruitment@zah.co.za
Closing date 28 September 2026.
Only shortlisted candidates to be contacted. If you did not receive feedback from the hospital within four weeks of the closing date your application was unsuccessful.
Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital and Bronberg Pharmacy is an equal opportunity employer.