Registered Nurse – Cardiothoracic Experience

Rustenburg
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Hospitality Health & Safety
Reference: 2331847

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Vacancy Details

Employer: Sotina Recruitment

🎯 Purpose of the Role
The Registered Nurse with Cardiothoracic Experience provides specialized perioperative and post-operative care to patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. The role ensures safe, evidence-based nursing practice in operating theatres, intensive care units, and recovery wards, while supporting surgeons and multidisciplinary teams in delivering high-quality patient outcomes.

🩺 Key Responsibilities
• Clinical Care
• Assist surgeons during cardiothoracic procedures (open-heart, thoracic, vascular).
• Provide pre-operative and post-operative patient education and support.
• Monitor patients in cardiothoracic ICU, including ventilators, hemodynamics, and chest drains.
• Ensure strict adherence to infection control and surgical safety protocols.
• Team Collaboration
• Work closely with anaesthetists, surgeons, and allied health professionals.
• Support theatre staff in preparing and maintaining sterile environments.
• Participate in multidisciplinary case reviews and patient handovers.
• Operational Support
• Manage theatre equipment and consumables specific to cardiothoracic procedures.
• Assist in scheduling and coordinating cardiothoracic surgeries.
• Contribute to audits, risk assessments, and quality improvement initiatives.

Candidate Requirements

📋 Qualifications & Experience
• Registered Nurse (RN) with valid registration at the South African Nursing Council (SANC).
• Post-basic qualification in Operating Theatre Nursing or Critical Care Nursing.
• Minimum 2–3 years’ experience in cardiothoracic nursing (theatre or ICU).
• Trauma or advanced life support training (advantageous).

💡 Skills & Competencies
• Strong knowledge of cardiothoracic surgical procedures and patient management.
• Ability to work under pressure in high-acuity environments.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Attention to detail and commitment to patient safety.
• Adaptability to dynamic surgical and critical care settings.

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Sotina Recruitment Agency - Sotina Holding was established in 2010 and provides recruitment services to business partners. Our offices are based in Johannesburg Gauteng and Paarl Western Cape. We adapt best practices to facilitate sourcing, validating and evaluating profiles to deliver candidates of the required skills and calibre to our clients. Based on the requirement of the job profile, we search for candidates from our online database and we also advertise in local platforms like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, we pride ourselves with high quality standards, professionalism, integrity, passion and excellent customer service. We recruit top calibre candidates throughout South Africa.

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