Nursing Assistant (Rehabilitation Unit)

A hospice in-patient unit in Alberton needs someone kind and reliable to look after patients who can't manage alone. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Home base is a hospice in-patient unit on the Alberton side of Gauteng.

• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• 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
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts

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

• 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.