Frail Care Assistant (Retirement Village) – Fixed-Term

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a home-based care agency in Cape Town CBD, working alongside registered nurses. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

Home base is a home-based care agency on the Cape Town CBD side of Western Cape.

• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises

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

• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve
• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits

• Overtime paid at time and a half
• Uniform supplied
• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities

• 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.