Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward) – Immediate Start

A retirement village frail care centre in Johannesburg CBD needs someone kind and reliable to look after patients who can't manage alone. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

You'll be based at a retirement village frail care centre in Johannesburg CBD. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• 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
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected

• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate

• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Overtime paid at time and a half
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities

• 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.