Enrolled Nurse (Day Clinic)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Pretoria East. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

This post is Pretoria East-based, with most of your time spent at a physical rehabilitation hospital. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister

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

• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve
• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits
• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting

• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Overtime paid at time and a half

• 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.