Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a private medical ward in Brits. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

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

• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse

• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent

• Uniform supplied
• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres

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