Enrolled Nurse (Day Clinic) – Experienced

A hospice in-patient unit in Pretoria East needs someone kind and reliable to look after patients who can't manage alone. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

The site is in Pretoria East; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying.

• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered

• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts

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