Unit Manager - Thoracic Theatre
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.
We currently have a vacancy for a Unit Manager for the Cardio Thoracic and Spinal Theatre Complex. The complex consists of 2 Cathlab Theatres, 2 Cardio Thoracic Theatres, 2 Spinal Theatres and a Procedure room.
Role
- The Unit Manager will be responsible for coordinating quality nursing care in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring compliance to professional and ethical practice.
- The incumbent will also be responsible for monitoring and ensuring that nursing care and service delivery is implemented and practiced within a multi-disciplinary quality assurance team.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the unit is providing safe, cost-effective quality patient care in line with the Clinical Governance strategy and evidence based 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 Operating Theatre Nursing is essential
- Management qualification will be to your advantage
Experience and Requirements
- 5 or more years’ experience managing a theatre in a private hospital setting.
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
- 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 22 September 2025.
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 is an equal opportunity employer.