Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a hospice in-patient unit in Brackenfell. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is Brackenfell-based, with most of your time spent at a hospice in-patient unit.

• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse

• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate

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

• 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.