Enrolled Nurse (Day Clinic)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a private medical ward in Phalaborwa. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is Phalaborwa-based, with most of your time spent at a private medical ward.

• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient

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

• Dementia care or palliative care short course
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve

• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Uniform supplied
• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Overtime paid at time and a half

• Recruiters phone references for care jobs, so warn your references and check their numbers still work.
• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.