Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward) – Fixed-Term

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

This post is Midrand-based, with most of your time spent at a private medical ward. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected

• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent

• Dementia care or palliative care short course
• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits

• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Uniform supplied
• Overtime paid at time and a half

• 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.