Home-Based Caregiver (Live-In)

Your care keeps residents at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Centurion safe, clean and comfortable through the day. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: Centurion, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient

• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent

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

• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.
• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.