About the Role
The Department of Health is seeking a dedicated and skilled Professional Nurse Specialty – Advanced Midwife to join the team at Grey’s Hospital, located in Pietermaritzburg. This vital role is rooted in the commitment to improving maternal and child health within the community, ensuring that the highest quality of nursing care is delivered to all clients accessing maternal services. The work you will do contributes directly to the reduction of infant, under-five, and maternal mortality rates. By improving women’s health and overseeing essential antenatal care programs, you will play a critical part in enhancing the lives of many families in this region.
Serving in this position, you will not only provide expert nursing care but will also manage and coordinate various health programs aimed at supporting women during their pregnancy journeys. Your efforts will have a profound impact on the community, making a lasting difference in the health outcomes of mothers and their infants in Pietermaritzburg and beyond.
About the Department
The Department of Health is dedicated to promoting and protecting the health of all South Africans. Its mission encompasses a wide range of health services, including preventative care, maternal and child health, and public health initiatives. By joining this department, you will be part of a team that strives to ensure equitable access to healthcare services, thus improving the overall health status of the population. Your work in this department will be pivotal in shaping healthier futures for communities across the nation.
What You’ll Do
- Implement strategies aimed at reducing maternal and infant mortality rates.
- Provide high-quality nursing care to clients accessing maternal services.
- Ensure proper management and integration of health programs within the maternity unit.
- Coordinate training and research activities focused on improving maternal and child health.
- Supervise the utilization of resources effectively within the unit.
- Maintain compliance with quality and infection prevention control standards.
- Foster constructive working relationships with multidisciplinary team members.
What You’ll Need
- Grade 12 Certificate.
- Degree/Diploma in General Nursing allowing registration with SANC as a Professional Nurse.
- One-year post-basic qualification in Midwifery and Neonatal Nursing Science (Advanced Midwifery).
- Current registration with the South African Nursing Council (2026 SANC receipt).
- Minimum of 4 years of experience as a Professional Nurse.
- Comprehensive knowledge of nursing care processes, relevant legal frameworks, and health policies.
- Strong leadership, organizational, decision-making, and interpersonal skills.
How to Apply
Applications to be forwarded to the Human Resources Management Office, Grey’s Hospital Private Bag X9001, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 or Email Applications to [email protected] or [email protected].
Requirements
Grade 12 Certificate.Degree/Diploma in General Nursing that allows registration with SANC as a Professional Nurse.
1 Year post basic/post graduate qualification in Midwifery and Neonatal Nursing Science (Advanced Midwifery).
Current registration with the South African Nursing Council (2026 SANC receipt).
A minimum of 4 years appropriate/recognizable experience in Nursing after registration as a Professional Nurse with SANC in General Nursing.
Grade 1: Experience: A minimum of 4 years appropriate/recognizable experience as a General Nurse.
Grade 2: Experience: A minimum of 14 years appropriate/recognizable experience in nursing after registration as Professional Nurse with SANC in General Nursing.
At least 10 years of the period referred to above must be appropriate/recognizable experience in the speciality after obtaining the one year post basic qualification in the relevant speciality.
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Competencies Required: Knowledge of nursing care processes and procedures, nursing statutes, and other relevant legal frameworks such as: Nursing act, Occupational health and safety act, Patients’ rights charter, Bathe Pele principles, Public service regulations, Labor relations act, Disciplinary codes and procedures, Grievance procedure, Financial and budgetary knowledge pertaining to the relevant resources under management.
Insight into procedures and policies pertaining to nursing care.
Leadership, organizational, decision making and problem- solving abilities within the limit of the public sector and institutional policy 245 framework.
Interpersonal skills including public relations, negotiating, conflict handling and counselling skills.
Computer skills in basic programs.
Job Duties
Implement the activities that are aimed at the reduction of infant, under-five, and maternal mortality.Implement activities aimed at the improvement of women’s health.
Ensure that high-quality nursing care is rendered to all clients accessing maternal services in the facility, taking into consideration that CARMA objectives, ESMOE, KINC, Helping Babies Breathe, and IMCI programs are properly implemented.
Implement BANC and other Antenatal care programs to enhance antenatal care for all pregnant women accessing care at the facility.
Ensure that there is proper management and integration of HAST programs within the maternity unit of the facility.
Manage the utilisation and supervision of resources.
Coordinate the provision of effective training and research, focusing on the programs aimed at the improvement of maternal and child health.
Instill discipline, professionalism and work ethics among employees.
Ensure compliance with quality, infection prevention and control (IPC) programs, e.
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Ideal Hospital Realisation and Maintenance (IHRM) and Norms and Standards (N&S).
Maintain constructive working relationships with the multi-disciplinary team members.
Provide effective support to Nursing services, e.
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assist with relief duties to nursing management within the unit
