Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward) – Immediate Start

A home-based care agency in Umlazi needs someone kind and reliable to look after patients who can't manage alone. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

Location: Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister

• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate

• Dementia care or palliative care short course
• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve

• 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.