Home-Based Caregiver (Live-In)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Germiston. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

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

• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• 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
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores

• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• 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

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

• Overtime paid at time and a half
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Uniform supplied
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres

• 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.