Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward)

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a hospice in-patient unit in Johannesburg CBD, working alongside registered nurses. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

Home base is a hospice in-patient unit on the Johannesburg CBD side of Gauteng.

• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises

• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• 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

• Uniform supplied
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• 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.