{"id":36141,"date":"2026-05-19T10:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/sherq-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T00:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T00:25:17","slug":"sherq-officer","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=36141","title":{"rendered":"SHERQ Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Job Summary<\/p>\n<p>\tTo take accountability for the safety, health, environment, risk and quality assurance aspects of hospital operations by ensuring full compliance, of all staff in the workplace, with health and safety standards through identification, prevention and control of hospital risks including infection control.<br \/>\n\tIn addition, the incumbent will co-ordinate work systems to ensure that the services of the hospital meet the highest health and safety standards, according to legal requirements, and that the working conditions of employees are favorable and safe.<\/p>\n<p>Minimum Qualifications and Experience:<\/p>\n<p>\tNursing degree\/diploma, Current South African Nursing Council (SANC) registration mandatory.<br \/>\n\tRisk Management Certificate<br \/>\n\t3 &#8211; 5 years\u2019 experience in a similar environment<br \/>\n\tCurrent BLS accreditation<br \/>\n\tKnowledge of scope of practice for nursing in SA<br \/>\n\tPatient care<br \/>\n\tQuality management<\/p>\n<p>Minimum Job Requirements:<\/p>\n<p>\tPerform all duties in accordance with South African Nursing Council (SANC), Department of Health (DOH) and National Core<\/p>\n<p>Standards.<\/p>\n<p>\tDevelop and co-ordinate the yearly SHERQ action plan and longer term SHERQ roadmap, prepare monthly reports on progress and present feedback at Group forums.<br \/>\n\tCoordinate with management and staff on policy review and implementation.<br \/>\n\tSupport Hospital Manager in the annual review of National Core Standards to ensure compliance.<br \/>\n\tLiaise with relevant HR Business Partner in order to initiate and coordinate a training plan and updating information for personnel, audit and DOH requirements.<br \/>\n\tAssist in retaining all current quality accreditations and work towards the attainment of new quality accreditations.<br \/>\n\tCompile relevant SHERQ reports and progress on all incidents and accident investigations and report back to Hospital Management and Head Office with recommendations and timelines.<br \/>\n\tEnsure accurate reporting and compliance with overall legislation and COID, including investigations and findings within the prescribed standards.<br \/>\n\tFormulate and maintain updated guidelines and procedures for prevention, identification and control of infection at hospital level as well as corrective actions such as isolation precautions.<br \/>\n\tDevelop and maintain updated risk register including actions to mitigate risks whilst maintaining accurate reporting and record keeping of all SHERQ activities.<br \/>\n\tFacilitate all forms of risk assessment e.g.: general, manual handling, radiation exposure, fire prevention and acts as final authority where a specialist response is required in relation to risk assessments performed by others on site<br \/>\n\tMonitor absenteeism and staff trends following an incident, and address according to company policies and procedures e.g. needle-stick injuries and exposure to body fluids.<br \/>\n\tEnsure that all staff have required personal protective equipment (PPE) for specific jobs.<br \/>\n\tConduct environmental, hygiene and patient safety checks within the ward taking prompt action when required, to meet set clinical quality standards according to agreed policies and procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website ( N \/ A ) or<\/p>\n<p>clinix.simplify.hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/clinix.simplify.hr","_company_name":"Clinix Health Group (Pty) Ltd","_company_website":"http:\/\/N%20\/%20A","_company_tagline":"In 1992 the company employed less than 5 people who led our first hospital Botshelong Empilweni Private Hospital to open its doors to the Vosloorus community in 1994. With over 20 years of providing quality healthcare in the communities we operate in, Clinix Health Group owns and manages eight hospi... read moretals and has approximately 2600 individuals that are working in our hospitals on a daily basis. We pride ourselves on attracting passionate and exceptional individuals who will continue to help us enhance patient experience and providing access to affordable and quality healthcare to underserviced communities.","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-types":[12],"class_list":["post-36141","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-expired","hentry","job_listing_region-gauteng","job-type-full-time"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/36141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=36141"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=36141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}