Home-Based Caregiver (Live-In)

Your care keeps residents at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Upington safe, clean and comfortable through the day. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

This post is in Upington (Northern Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient

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

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

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

• 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.