Job Details

💼 Job Title: Professional Nurse Specialised – Theatre
🏢 Company: Mediclinic Pietermaritzburg
🆔 Reference Number: 68520
📄 Job Type: Permanent | Full-time | On-site
📍 Location: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
📅 Closing Date: 20 April 2026
👥 Number of Positions: 1

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Company Overview

Mediclinic Pietermaritzburg forms part of the wider Mediclinic Southern Africa network, one of South Africa’s leading private healthcare groups.

The hospital is known for delivering high-quality patient care, modern theatre facilities, and specialist medical services, offering nursing professionals strong clinical growth opportunities.

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Job Overview

The Professional Nurse Specialised – Theatre role is focused on delivering safe, high-quality nursing care within the operating theatre environment.

The successful candidate will work closely with surgeons, anaesthetists, and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure excellent patient outcomes, maintain accurate clinical documentation, and uphold strict infection prevention and safety protocols.

This role is ideal for both newly qualified nurses and professionals looking to grow within a specialised theatre setting.

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Key Responsibilities

• Deliver safe and quality theatre nursing care
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team
• Identify and manage clinical risks
• Support patient safety initiatives
• Ensure a positive patient experience
• Maintain accurate nursing records
• Support staff learning and competence development
• Manage stock and equipment charging
• Assist with patient assessment and care planning
• Maintain infection prevention standards

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Qualifications

Education

Essential:

• Degree or Diploma in General Nursing

Preferred:

• Midwifery qualification
• Postgraduate certificate or diploma in a relevant specialty area

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Experience

Essential minimum:

• No prior experience required

Preferred:

• 1 year post-qualification experience before placement in a specialised unit

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Skills

• Infection prevention and control
• Pharmacology knowledge
• Nursing processes and procedures
• Patient assessment
• Nursing documentation
• Care plan development
• Microsoft Office literacy
• Risk identification
• Knowledge of nursing legislation
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Advantageous for specialised wards:

• ACLS
• ATLS
• PALS

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CV Tips

For theatre nursing positions, your CV should clearly show your clinical training, SANC registration, and any practical ward or theatre exposure.

Include:

• nursing qualification
• SANC registration number
• clinical placements
• theatre rotation experience
• patient care duties
• BLS / ACLS certification
• infection control knowledge
• documentation and record-keeping skills

Pro Tip: If you are a newly qualified nurse, include your clinical practical hours and any exposure to operating theatres, recovery rooms, or surgical wards during training.

This helps strengthen entry-level applications.

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Benefits of Joining the Company

• Permanent employment
• Specialist theatre nursing exposure
• Career development within Mediclinic
• Clinical skills growth
• Multidisciplinary team experience
• Training and mentorship opportunities
• Strong healthcare career progression

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Company Policy

Mediclinic Southern Africa is committed to diversity, employment equity, and professional excellence.

Preference may be given in line with the Employment Equity Plan and suitably qualified internal candidates.

All successful applicants may undergo:

• qualification verification
• SANC registration checks
• reference checks
• background screening

Only applicants meeting the minimum requirements will be considered.