Nursing Assistant (Rehabilitation Unit)

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Lephalale, working alongside registered nurses. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

You'll report in Lephalale. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered

• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends

• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits
• Dementia care or palliative care short course
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve

• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Overtime paid at time and a half
• 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.
• Recruiters phone references for care jobs, so warn your references and check their numbers still work.