City of Tshwane STAFF NURSES (16 CONTRACT POSITIONS)
City of Tshwane
Date: 28 May 2026
Location: All Regions, All Regions, ZA, All Region
Company: City of Tshwane
STAFF NURSES (16 CONTRACT POSITIONS) (HSDE381-2026)
The City of Tshwane has embarked on an initiative to improve and expand access to healthcare services by contracting Staff Nurses to render the services below in communities and households.
QUALIFYING CRITERIA
Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Staff Nurse
Working experience at primary healthcare facilities
No criminal record or dismissal for misconduct at any previous workplace
Must undergo a criminal record check and such a person shall allow their fingerprints to be taken by the Tshwane Metro Police Department at own cost
PRIMARY FUNCTIONS TO BE PERFORMED FOR EIGHT HOURS PER DAY IN CITY OF TSHWANE CLINICS FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY (07:30 TO 16:00)
The Staff Nurses will be responsible for rendering basic functional primary healthcare services within the statutory scope of practice parameters, as follows:
Providing basic nursing care and treatment of patients with stable and uncomplicated health conditions in all settings
Providing healthcare to patients with complicated health problems or unstable conditions under the supervision of a Professional Nurse
Providing basic emergency care
Assessing and screening health status through basic observation, interaction and measurements
Developing nursing care plans to meet basic health and nursing needs
Managing all aspects of delegated nursing care, as follows:
Weighing babies, children and adults
Measuring the temperature of adults, babies and children
Measuring blood pressure
Testing urine
Testing haemoglobin
Drawing blood specimens
Obtaining specimens (for example sputum)
Conducting pregnancy tests
Testing blood glucose (finger prick only)
Conducting eye tests
Nebulising patients
Collecting sputum
Taking pap smears
Promoting health by providing relevant information
Maintaining continuity of care through reporting and communication to caregivers and members of the healthcare team
Obtaining the complete medical history of clients according to protocol
Giving informal demonstrations to patients, peer groups and students
Executing tasks with regard to the primary healthcare package of services
Issuing already packed and labelled family planning medicine
Administering intramuscular injections (immunisations, etc) according to prescriptions
Providing wound care
Providing treatment, including referral of patients to a professional nursing practitioner where needed
Recording patient-retained and clinic-retained records
Recording medical results in the pathology and patient record files
Rendering basic reception tasks in the absence of the clinic clerk, for example drawing and filing client records
Managing and dealing with uncomplicated clinic enquiries
Providing relevant health information services to clients and/or the help desk
Presenting group and individual education sessions to clients
Providing relevant counselling on HIV/AIDS
Receiving and referring patient complaints according to policy
Updating health information displays (posters and pamphlets)
Conducting daily data capturing on the minimum data set
REMUNERATION: R21 234,00 per month
The Staff Nurses will be contracted through a City of Tshwane contract.
ENQUIRIES: Mr Steve Pilusa (012 358 0422)
To apply for this job please visit careers.tshwane.gov.za.
