Enrolled Nurse (Day Clinic)

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a hospice in-patient unit in Isando, working alongside registered nurses. Someone who likes a bit of variety, but also likes doing things the right way, will enjoy this.

Home base is a hospice in-patient unit on the Isando side of Gauteng. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose

• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care

• Overtime paid at time and a half
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Uniform supplied

• 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.