Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward)

A hospice in-patient unit in Hammarsdale 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.

You'll be based at a hospice in-patient unit in Hammarsdale. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister

• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely

• Dementia care or palliative care short course
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve
• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits

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

• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.
• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.