Nursing Assistant (Rehabilitation Unit) – Entry Level

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a home-based care agency in Randburg. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

Home base is a home-based care agency on the Randburg side of Gauteng.

• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises

• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts

• 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

• Uniform supplied
• Overtime paid at time and a half
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres

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