Nursing Assistant (Rehabilitation Unit)

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a home-based care agency in Mthatha, working alongside registered nurses. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

Location: Mthatha, Eastern Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose

• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care

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

• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Uniform supplied
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• 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.