Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary (Frail Care)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a private medical ward in Atlantis. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

The work is in Atlantis, Western Cape, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal

• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts

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

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