Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary (Frail Care)

Your care keeps residents at a hospice in-patient unit in Alberton safe, clean and comfortable through the day. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Home base is a hospice in-patient unit on the Alberton side of Gauteng.

• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse

• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• 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
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends

• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve

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

• Recruiters phone references for care jobs, so warn your references and check their numbers still work.
• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.