PROFESSIONAL NURSE: SPECIALTY [PN-B1] GRADE 1–2 SESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS: MAXIMUM OF 20 SESSIONS PER WEEK PER PN (1 SESSION = 1 HOUR)

This sessional appointment offers experienced specialist nurses an opportunity to work within the Limpopo Department of Health’s hospital network in a Professional Nurse: Specialty role. The post is filled on a sessional basis, with the number of hourly sessions capped per week, and appointments are made from a professional nurse sessional database established for the province. The available positions cover the Capricorn, Mopani, Sekhukhune, Vhembe and Waterberg districts, with hospitals including Pietersburg, Mankweng, Letaba, St Ritas, Philadelphia, Tshilidzini and Mokopane. Specialty disciplines are varied and include operational theatre, critical care adult intensive care, child nursing (paediatrics), child critical care intensive care, trauma, advanced midwifery and neonatal nursing science, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, renal nursing, and paediatric or child nursing. This means the department is seeking nurses with post-basic qualifications across a broad spectrum of clinical specialities.

Applicants must possess a basic R425 nursing qualification, meaning a diploma or degree in nursing, or an equivalent qualification that allows registration with the South African Nursing Council as a professional nurse. In addition, they must hold a post-basic nursing qualification in one of the specialty areas listed, with a minimum duration of one year and accredited by SANC, with an exception stated for neonatal ICU nursing. Current registration with SANC as a professional nurse in the relevant specialty is essential. For appointment at the first grade, a minimum of four years of appropriate and recognisable nursing experience after registration as a professional nurse in general nursing is