Assistant Unit Leader

National Renal Care•Chatsworth, CA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

National Renal Care is a leading provider of comprehensive kidney disease management in South Africa. We foster a collaborative work environment where compassion, digital innovation and clinical excellence come together to deliver high-quality, person-centred care. We are seeking a qualified, goal-driven and self-motivated Assistant Unit Leader to join our multidisciplinary team. Purpose of the Role The Assistant Unit Leader supports the Unit Leader in delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centred dialysis care and achieving the unit’s clinical, operational, and quality goals. This role provides clinical leadership, ensures effective care coordination, and promotes multidisciplinary collaboration to deliver seamless, person-centred care throughout the patient journey. The Assistant Unit Leader drives quality improvement initiatives, monitors clinical outcomes, promotes patient safety, and maintains compliance with clinical governance, professional standards, and organisational policies. The role also develops staff capability, promotes teamwork, and advances a culture of accountability and ongoing improvement. In the Unit Leader’s absence, the Assistant Unit Leader assumes leadership to sustain continuity of care, operational excellence, and consistently high-quality clinical outcomes and experiences.

Requirements

Diploma or Degree leading to registration as a Registered Nurse with the South African Nursing Council (SANC) or Clinical Technologist (Independent Practice) registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).
Qualification or training in Quality Management, Risk Management, Clinical Governance, or Infection Prevention and Control.
Minimum 3 years' dialysis experience.
Previous experience acting in a supervisory or team leadership capacity.
Proven experience in delivering patient-centred care and driving positive patient outcomes.
Demonstrated competence in haemodialysis clinical practice.
Experience in clinical quality, infection prevention and control, or clinical governance activities.
Experience with audits, accreditation standards, and quality improvement initiatives.
Intermediate computer proficiency.
Knowledge of Renal and dialysis clinical practice.
Knowledge of Clinical governance and quality management systems.
Knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control.
Knowledge of Healthcare legislation and professional standards.
Knowledge of SANC and HPCSA ethical rules and scope of practice.
Knowledge of Risk management and incident investigation.
Knowledge of Patient-centred care and patient experience principles.
Knowledge of National Renal Care policies, procedures, standards, and SOPs.

Nice To Haves

Post Basic Diploma in Nephrology Nursing would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

Supports the Unit Leader in delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centred dialysis care and achieving the unit’s clinical, operational, and quality goals.
Provides clinical leadership.
Ensures effective care coordination.
Promotes multidisciplinary collaboration to deliver seamless, person-centred care throughout the patient journey.
Drives quality improvement initiatives.
Monitors clinical outcomes.
Promotes patient safety.
Maintains compliance with clinical governance, professional standards, and organisational policies.
Develops staff capability.
Promotes teamwork.
Advances a culture of accountability and ongoing improvement.
Assumes leadership in the Unit Leader’s absence to sustain continuity of care, operational excellence, and consistently high-quality clinical outcomes and experiences.