Job Details

💼 Job Title: Senior Professional Nurse – Cath Lab & Vascular Theatre
🏢 Company: Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre
🆔 Reference Number: 69170
📄 Job Type: Permanent | Full-time | On-site
📍 Location: Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
📅 Closing Date: 20 April 2026
👥 Number of Positions: 1

Company Overview

Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre is a leading specialist hospital in Johannesburg, known for delivering high-quality private healthcare services and advanced specialist treatment.

Located in Parktown, the hospital is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand and is recognised for excellence in patient care, specialist surgery, and academic medical practice.

The facility offers world-class services across multiple disciplines, including cardiology, vascular surgery, oncology, and critical care.

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Job Overview

The Senior Professional Nurse – Cath Lab & Vascular Theatre role is designed for an experienced theatre nurse who can support the Unit Manager in ensuring exceptional patient care and operational efficiency.

The successful candidate will provide direct patient care in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory and vascular theatre, while also mentoring junior nurses and students.

This role focuses on maintaining clinical excellence, patient safety, risk mitigation, and team development within a high-acuity specialist environment.

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Key Responsibilities

• Deliver safe and comprehensive patient care
• Support clinical risk mitigation processes
• Maintain patient care quality standards
• Manage and improve patient experience
• Assist with staffing coordination and resource allocation
• Mentor new and student nurses
• Conduct ongoing staff competency development
• Assist with stock and capital management
• Support operational cost control
• Ensure accurate nursing documentation
• Develop and modify patient care plans
• Monitor infection prevention and control standards

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Qualifications

Education

Essential:

• Professional Nurse qualification
• Postgraduate Diploma in Operating Theatre

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Experience

Minimum required:

• 3–4 years’ professional nursing experience in a similar specialist environment
• 1 year of mentorship experience

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Skills and Knowledge

• Pharmacology knowledge
• Nursing procedures and protocols
• Patient assessment skills
• Infection prevention and control
• Nursing legislation knowledge
• Risk identification and analysis
• Clinical audit capability
• Nursing care plan development
• Microsoft Office proficiency
• Mentorship and coaching
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Advantageous for specialised wards:

• ACLS
• ATLS
• PALS certification

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CV Tips

For nursing roles, your CV should focus strongly on clinical competence, specialised ward experience, and certifications.

Include:

• SANC registration details
• operating theatre experience
• cath lab / vascular theatre exposure
• BLS / ACLS / ATLS / PALS certifications
• leadership or shift-leading duties
• mentorship experience
• patient care achievements
• clinical audit involvement

Pro Tip: Highlight specific procedures you have assisted with, such as angiograms, stent placements, vascular surgeries, or theatre recovery support.

This makes your CV stronger for specialist nursing positions.

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Benefits of Joining the Company

• Permanent employment
• Specialist hospital exposure
• Advanced theatre and cath lab experience
• Mentorship and leadership growth
• Professional development opportunities
• High-impact patient care role
• Work within a leading academic medical environment

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Company Policy

Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre is committed to employment equity, diversity, and excellence in healthcare delivery.

Preference may be given in line with the Mediclinic Southern Africa Employment Equity Plan.

Only candidates meeting the minimum requirements will be considered.