Enrolled Nurse (Day Clinic)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a hospice in-patient unit in Brakpan. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is in Brakpan (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal

• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people

• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve

• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Uniform supplied
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres

• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.
• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.