Job Details
Mediclinic is looking for Operating Department Assistant to be based at Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
The primary purpose of the job is to function as a scrub practitioner, circulator and anaesthetic assistant under indirect supervision of a professional nurse. To provide assistance in the recovery room under the direct supervision of a professional nurse.
Job Details
| Job Title | Operating Department Assistant |
| Company | Mediclinic |
| Job Type | Full-Time |
| Job ID | 45910 |
| Industry | Health care |
| Experience | None |
| Location | Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
| Closing Date | 14 December 2023 |
Job description
The candidate will be accountable for the following duties:
Continuously deliver safe quality patient care in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team in accordance with the set theatre standards
Ensure effective peri-operative preparation for an allocated theatre list
Adhere to infection prevention and control principles in order to mitigate clinical risks
Ensure optimal utilization of equipment and pharmaceutical stock to minimize financial risks
Qualifications
- Education: Grade 12, Operating Department Assistance Diploma and Desired education: Non
- Experience: Non
- Skills and Competencies:
- Theatre environment and operations
- Aseptic technique
- Infection prevention and control (IPC) principles and protocols
- Instrument management techniques
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
- Record keeping
- Risk identification
How to Apply
Apply this position below:
Please note if you are an internal employee on a fixed term contract please apply using an external candidate profile and not your employee profile
All applicants will be considered, with the understanding that preference will be given in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of Mediclinic Southern Africa, as well as internal applicants/employees that meet the minimum requirements.
Please note if you are an internal employee on a fixed term contract please apply using an external candidate profile and not your employee profile
About Mediclinic
Mediclinic Southern Africa is a healthcare provider operating in South Africa and Namibia focused on providing acute care, specialist-orientated, multidisciplinary hospital services and related service offerings.
We place science at the heart of our care process by striving to provide evidence-based care of the highest standard.
The group currently operates 48 hospitals, 11 day clinics and 8 sub-acute and specialised hospitals throughout South Africa and three hospitals in Namibia with more than 8780 beds in total.
Mediclinic Southern Africa is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mediclinic Group, a diversified international private healthcare services group.
