Ranjini Naicker

Experience

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  Life Chatsmed Garden Hospital

  Dec 1989 - Mar 2003

  Registered Nurse

  - Shift Leader of Surgical Ward

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  Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital

  Apr 2003 - Jul 2005

  Registered Nurse

  - Worked in Adult ICU

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  Department of Health Germiston City Clinic

  Aug 2005 - Jul 2006

  Registered Nurse

  - Primary health care

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  Netcare - Clinton Hospital

  Aug 2006 - Feb 2011

  Night Manager

  Department of Nursing

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  King Abdul-Aziz Medical City

  Mar 2011 - Mar 2012

  Staff Nurse 1

  - Hospital Bed Capacity: 751- Unit Name: Adult ICU. Unit Bed Capacity: 16 -Types of Patients / Cases*Caring for the welfare of patients that need ventilators, blood pressure support and medication, cutting edge treatments and close monitoring.- Daily Duties & Responsibilities Responsible for patient care* Responsible for ensuring adherence to appropriate regulations, clinical practice guidelines, administrative, departmental and inter-departmental policies. Demonstrate clinical expertise in specific patient population served. Play active role in JCIA Accreditation process. Coordinating services with other patient care units.Nursing of patients on life support Machines.- Equipment Used:Ventilators (Vela), Phillips ECG, Balloon Pump, Edwards Echo, Phillips Monitor, Edwards Vigileo, Fresenius Kabi, Kangaroo Pump, Amica feeding pumps, Prisma Flex CVVHD, Opti-Flow. Phillips cardiac Monitor. Show less

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  Life healthcare - Life Fourways Hospital

  Apr 2013 - Mar 2019

  Night Quality Coordinator

  - Level 1 trauma Hospital- Hospital Bed Capacity: 194Description of Unit / Ward/ Hospital: *24 Bedded Adult ICU 10 bedded Neonatal ICU, 11 theatres including Vascular and Cath Lab, 20 Bedded Maternity unit including 5 Labour and delivery rooms and Nursery, 20 Bedded Paediatric Ward, 24 Bedded Surgical Ward, 24 Bedded Medical Ward 20 bedded Day Care Ward, 10 bedded Renal Dialysis Unit.- Daily Duties & Responsibilities: *Administration: Responsible for coordinating and monitoring patient care delivery system. Partners with Managers and Interdisciplinary team across service. Implement policies and procedures for co-ordination of care across population. Develop staff in collaborative decision making and shared governance. Determining and planning of staffing needs, manage disaster incidents, and sentinel events. solve problems and collaborative decision making. Plans, manages and co-ordinate the daily operations for the hospital with regard to patient flow, staff workflow. Leading Improved Quality Nursing Care by ensuring compliance to professional and ethical practice. Accountable for coordinating Training, Development and Mentoring of staff in the Hospital. Show less

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  King Abdulla bin Abdul-Aziz University Hospital

  Mar 2019 - Mar 2021

  Nurse Manager

  Hospital Bed Capacity: 300 Unit Name: 5B OB-Gynae/SW Unit Bed Capacity:24 Nurse/Patient Ratio: 1:4Types of Patients / Cases: - Gynaecology less than 22 weeks of Gestation, Antenatal, Post-partum, Orthopaedic, Covid 19 Screening and Covid 19 Positive Patients.Description of Unit / Ward:- 24 Bedded, Single rooms each with safe Box, 2 negative pressure Rooms with KIMO Monitoring, treatment room. 2 medication Rooms, 1 Clean Room, 2 KANBAN rooms, 2 Dirty rooms and 1 janitors Room, 1 conference room, 1 Equipment room, 2 patient pantry and 1 staff pantry. 6 fire extinguishers, 2 medical gas shut off Valve. 4 fire blankets, 1 ski pad and 1 evacuation stretcher.Daily Duties & Responsibilities - Plans, manages and coordinate patient care delivery system aligned with policies and procedures across the continuum. - Staff development in collaborative decision making and Shared Governance. - Plan, manage and co-ordinate the daily operations of the unit with regard to patient flow, staff workflow, staff evaluations, unit meeting, unit schedules and annual leave planning. - Contributes to the development and implementation of the Nursing Affairs’ Policies and Procedures. - - Manage disaster incidents and sentinel events. - Collaborative interaction with patient services, patient experience, social services and case-mangers to promote patient centred care culture and best practice for quality nursing care. - Make provision for continuous professional training, education and development (Collaboration with Education Department, Clinical Resource Nurse, Nursing performance unit and an -- Active Role Player in accreditation processes (JCIA and CBAHI). Show less

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  Health and Welfare Sector education and training Authority (HWSETA)

  Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

  Judge - International world skills competition

  Part of a judging panel for the international world skills competition at Provincial and National levels in South Africa.

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  King Faisal Military Hospital-Khamis Mushayt

  Dec 2022 - now

  Head Nurse - Post-Partum ward and Post-Partum Nursery

  Hospital Bed Capacity: 260Unit Bed Capacity: 34 + 24Types of Patients / Cases:- Post-Partum (caesarean Section, Spontaneous vaginal Deliveries) - Post-Partum Nursery (well-babies & step down to NICU). - Obstetric emergencies such as postpartum haemorrhage.