Home-Based Caregiver (Live-In)

A retirement village frail care centre in Johannesburg 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 be based at a retirement village frail care centre in Johannesburg CBD. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• 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
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises

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

• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve

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