Home-Based Caregiver (Live-In) – Fixed-Term

A physical rehabilitation hospital in Midrand needs someone kind and reliable to look after patients who can't manage alone. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is in Midrand (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity

• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts

• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits
• Dementia care or palliative care short course
• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting

• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Uniform supplied
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres

• Recruiters phone references for care jobs, so warn your references and check their numbers still work.
• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.