Home-Based Caregiver (Live-In)

A physical rehabilitation hospital in Cape Town CBD needs someone kind and reliable to look after patients who can't manage alone. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll report in Cape Town CBD. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse

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

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

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

• 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.