Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary (Frail Care)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Kempton Park. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

This post is in Kempton Park (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse

• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts

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

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

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