Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward)

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a home-based care agency in Secunda, working alongside registered nurses. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Home base is a home-based care agency on the Secunda side of Mpumalanga. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises

• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent

• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits
• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting
• Dementia care or palliative care short course

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

• 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.