Clinical Programme Coordinator PNA5 Clinical Education and Training Unit (Cetu)

Requirements

• Senior Certificate, Basic R425 qualification (i.e. diploma/degree in nursing) or equivalent qualification that allows registration with the South African Nursing Council (SANC) as a Registered Nurse in General Nursing.
• OR - A 4-year Bachelor Degree in Nursing (R174) that allows registration with the South African Nursing Council (SANC) as a Professional Nurse.
• A maximum of 7 years appropriate or recognizable experience in nursing after registration with South African Nursing Council (SANC) as a Professional Nurse in general nursing.
• An accredited post basic qualification (at least 1 year) in Nursing Education.
• Current registration with the South African Nursing Council (2026/2027).
• Knowledge and Skills:
• Computer literacy and statistics.
• Knowledge of the relevant Health Legislation and policies, ability to collect and analyse data, leadership in planning, organising, coordination, and communication skills, ability to take charge and make appropriate independent decisions.
• Research skills to advise hospital management, responsiveness, pro-activeness and professionalism, accuracy, flexibility, initiative, co- operation, team-player, supportive and assertive.

Duties

• Coordinates the clinical orientation, teaching, learning, assessment, mentoring, and support of student nurses and staff development.
• Clinical teaching and learning: coordinate work-integrated learning (WIL), day-to-day bedside accompaniment, clinical supervision, and simulation preparation for student nurses.
• Student and staff orientation: manage onboarding, orientation, and induction programs for newly placed student nurses, graduate nurses, and clinical staff.
• Skills audits and gap analysis: identify learning and competency gaps among nursing staff and students, and design relevant in-service training plans.
• Preceptorship and mentorship: support and coordinate clinical preceptors and mentors across hospital wards to ensure proper student-to-staff guidance ratios.
• Assessments and competency evaluation: conduct continuous clinical competence assessments, review professional practice files, and track student learning contracts.
• Compliance and quality assurance: ensure adherence to SANC (South African Nursing Council) standards, accreditation requirements, and Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) protocols.
• Reporting and administration: compile monthly, quarterly, and annual operational reports on CETU activities, training records, and student progress for hospital and nursing college management.

How to apply

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Notes from the department

• All applicants must login/register to apply for positions.
• The applicant’s profile on the eRecruitment is equivalent to the newly approved Z83, and it is the responsibility of applicants to ensure their profiles are fully completed or their applications will not be considered, as per the DPSA Practice Note.
• Applicants should upload their curriculum vitae (CV) on the e-Recruitment system.
• (Please ensure is in PDF format & maximum size 3MB).
• The Curriculum Vitae should be specific regarding previous positions occupied and the start date and end date of the position(s) should be indicated.
• Accompanying relevant documentation required to be uploaded on the system such as copies of all qualifications including National Senior Certificate/Matric certificate, Driver’s license, ID, etc., such documents need not be certified at point of application, however, certification will be required prior to attending the interview.
• Only short-listed candidates will be required to submit certified copies of qualifications and other related documents on, or before the day of the interview following an invitation from the Department to attend an interview, and such qualification(s) and other related document(s) should be in line with the requirements of the advertisement.
• Successful completion of the Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme (Nyukela) is required for being considered for this SMS post prior to appointment.
• Enrolment for the course should be made on the NSG’s website at https://www.thensg.gov.za/trainingcourse/sms- pre-entry-programme.
• All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments.
• One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other will be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment. criterion in the interview process.
• Selection panels shall score both technical exercises as an additional criterion in the interview process.
• Selection panels shall score both technical exercises as an additional criterion in the interview process.
• Applications received after the closing date and those that do not comply with these instructions will not be considered.
• The onus is on the applicants to ensure that their applications are submitted online timeously.
• Candidates who possess foreign qualifications and/or short courses certificates must take it upon themselves to have their qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).
• The highest relevant qualification should be captured/listed as the first qualification on the e- recruitment profile.
• Applicants are respectfully informed that if no notification of appointment is received within 4 months of the closing date, they must accept that their applications were unsuccessful.
• Communication will be limited to short-listed candidates only.
• Suitable candidates will be subjected to personnel suitability checks (criminal record check, citizenship verification, financial assets check, qualification verification and reference checks).
• Applications must declare any pending criminal, disciplinary or any other allegations or investigations and/or record.
• The Department reserves the right not to make appointments on the advertised post(s).
• Free State Provincial Department of Health is compliant with the requirements of POPIA.
• The Department of Health is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer.
• The employment decision shall be informed by the Employment Equity Plan of the Department.
• It is the Department’s intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post(s) with a candidate whose transfer / promotion / appointment will promote representativity in line with the numerical targets as contained in our Employment Equity Plan.