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The team leader – rehabilitation outpatient department, is responsible for the effective coordination, supervision, and leadership of nursing services within the Rehabilitation Outpatient Unit. The role ensures the delivery of high-quality, safe, efficient, and patient-centred rehabilitative nursing care in alignment with Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MOHMS) policies, standards, and values. The role involves oversight of clinical standards, resource management, staff development, and contributing to the hospital’s business plan and quality improvement goals.

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Key Responsibilities

1. Support the Director of Nursing in the implementation of the Business Plan for Nursing and actively participate in the development, review, and implementation of departmental policies and procedures.

2. Provide clinical leadership and supervision to ensure the delivery of safe, evidence-based rehabilitative nursing care aligned with MOHMS standards.

3. Manage nursing workforce and operations by maintaining appropriate staffing levels, preparing duty rosters, monitoring attendance, and conducting staff performance appraisals.

4. Monitor and evaluate service quality through regular audits, clinical reviews, and implementation of quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes.

5. Oversee efficient management of human, financial, and physical resources to ensure effective and sustainable service delivery.

6. Facilitate professional growth and capacity building through continuous professional development, in-service education, and mentoring of nursing staff.

7. Foster multidisciplinary collaboration with medical officers, therapists, and other allied health professionals to promote coordinated, holistic, and patient-centred rehabilitative care.

8. Ensure adherence to professional ethics and patient safety by upholding standards of dignity, confidentiality, and accountability in all nursing practices.

Knowledge & Experience

1. 1. Proven experience and comprehensive understanding of the registered nurses Scope of Practice, Fiji Nursing Act (2011), Nurses and PSC Code of Conduct, Nursing standards, the Constitution of Fiji and understand policies and procedures.
2. 2. Has the ability to supervise and monitor nursing care provided by subordinates through the acquired knowledge and skills that conforms to the relevant nursing policies and guidelines.
3. 3. Possess a broad knowledge on quality improvement systems and experience in the implementation of new systems and introduction of significant change.
4. 4. Proven experience in staff management, clinical supervision, and workload planning.
5. 5. Must have good communication skills and to possess a good command of spoken and written English.

Skills & Abilities

1. 1. Ability to provide clinical leadership in teams and work with minimum supervision and with efficient time management skills.
2. 2. Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a team environment to achieve unit goals and develop staff potential.
3. 3. Is computer literate with the ability to use excel spreadsheets or other programs relevant to the area of practice.
4. 4. Has the ability to teach, train, mentor junior nurses on any new policies and guidelines and to support the continuous professional development of all nurses.
5. 5. Service oriented approach, with a commitment to supporting the operational/corporate environment of the organization

Additional Information

Key Performance Indicators

Performance will be measured through the following indicators:

1. Timely recording and reporting of all required reports as per agreed timeline and management of unit personal performance resources and information to enable business continuity and delivery of service.

2. Maintenance of staffing levels, especially the right mix of Registered / Nursing Assistants for the department ensuring that daily coverage of shifts is maintained with the required number of competent nurses.

3. Effectively plan, coordinate and promote nursing research for the continuous in-service development of nurses.

4. Effective supervision and professional development (staff training, retention, performance appraisals) and this includes timely monitoring and evaluation of nursing standard audit and quality improvement of services to enable customer satisfaction.

Contact Information

For any enquires please contact Ms Veronika Rausuvanua on email [email protected] or telephone 3306177 ext 340142 or 340226