Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a retirement village frail care centre in Kempton Park. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Home base is a retirement village frail care centre on the Kempton Park side of Gauteng.

• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• 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
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises

• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent

• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve
• Dementia care or palliative care short course

• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Uniform supplied

• Recruiters phone references for care jobs, so warn your references and check their numbers still work.
• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.