📍 Company: Stellenbosch University – Campus Health Services
🏢 Address: Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, 7600
🏢 Additional Site: Tygerberg Campus, Francie van Zijl Drive, Parow, Western Cape, 7505
💼 Position: Clinical Nurse Practitioner (Post Level 9)
⏳ Contract Type: One-year fixed-term contract
📌 Campuses: Stellenbosch & Tygerberg
🔖 Reference Number: KGD/301/1125

🔍 Position Overview

Campus Health Services (CHS) provides integrated, high-quality healthcare support to more than 40,000 students and staff across Stellenbosch University’s primary campuses. The Clinical Nurse Practitioner plays a crucial role in delivering primary health care, managing emergency situations, supporting occupational health initiatives, and contributing to the strategic wellbeing goals of the institution.

This role is ideal for an experienced, patient-focused, and innovative nurse with strong clinical judgment, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a multi-professional environment.

🩺 Key Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive preventative and curative primary healthcare to staff and students.

• Provide emergency care, including ECGs, nebulisations, and off-site assessments when needed.

• Offer nursing support at sports events and campus activities, with rotational after-hours and public holiday availability.

• Dispense medication in line with scope of practice and administer immunisations.

• Take responsibility for administrative and operational tasks within CHS.

• Participate in institutional programmes such as workshops, seminars, and health promotion initiatives.

• Develop innovative health processes and programmes to improve service delivery.

• Support clinical governance and quality assurance within the multi-disciplinary team.

🎓 Minimum Job Requirements

Essential Requirements

• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Clinical Nurse Practitioner.

• Postgraduate qualification in Primary Health Care (PHC).

• 7–10 years experience as a Professional Registered Nurse.

• Certificate in the dispensing of medicine.

• Valid South African driver’s licence.

• Strong IT skills and proficiency in health-related digital systems.

• Excellent communication, organisational, and planning ability.

• Ability to work under pressure with strong time management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to function effectively within a multi-professional team.

• Compassionate, values-driven, person-centred care philosophy.

• Ability to communicate in at least two official South African languages.

🌟 Recommendations (Added Advantage)

• Basic Life Support (BLS) or equivalent emergency care training.

• Postgraduate qualifications in Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, or other clinical specialisations.

• Experience providing primary healthcare in a tertiary student environment.

• Training or experience in sexual health, HIV/AIDS programmes, or radiation safety.

• Skills in conducting spirometry, ECGs, cervical smears, and breast examinations.

• Exposure to financial management systems.

📝 Application Process

Applicants must submit a comprehensive CV, including the contact details of at least three references, via the Stellenbosch University online portal.
Apply online by selecting “Apply now” at the top right corner of the vacancy page.

All shortlisted candidates will undergo qualification verification and background checks.
Applicants not contacted within 4–6 weeks of the closing date may assume their application was unsuccessful.

The University is committed to Employment Equity, and appointments will align with the institutional EE plan. Only South African citizens from designated groups will be considered.

📞 Enquiries

For job-related enquiries:
Dr Kathryn Grammer, Senior Director: Campus Health Services
📞 021 808 3492
📧 kgrammer@sun.ac.za

For remuneration/benefits/application support:
Human Resources Client Services Centre
📞 021 808 2753 (Stellenbosch)
📞 021 938 9636 (Tygerberg)
📧 sun-e-hr@sun.ac.za

💡 Best CV Tips for This Clinical Nurse Practitioner Role

• Highlight your PHC postgraduate qualification and SANC registration clearly at the top of your CV.

• Emphasise 7–10 years of nursing experience, including any clinical leadership or emergency care exposure.

• Showcase hands-on skills: ECGs, immunisations, emergency response, dispensing, and student health experience.

• Include specific achievements such as improved patient outcomes, reduced clinic wait times, or programme development.

• Mention any additional certifications (BLS, HIV/AIDS, emergency nursing, psychiatry, sexual health).

• Demonstrate experience working in multi-disciplinary teams and supporting clinic operations.

• Add your language abilities, showing multilingual communication strengths.

• Use a clean, professional, well-organised CV layout emphasizing clinical competency and reliability.