Nursing Assistant (Rehabilitation Unit)

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Centurion, working alongside registered nurses. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is in Centurion (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient

• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• 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

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

• Uniform supplied
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres

• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.
• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.