Enrolled Nurse (Day Clinic)

Your care keeps residents at a hospice in-patient unit in Mbombela safe, clean and comfortable through the day. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Location: Mbombela, Mpumalanga. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered

• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care

• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve

• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Uniform supplied

• Recruiters phone references for care jobs, so warn your references and check their numbers still work.
• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.