Nursing Assistant (Rehabilitation Unit) – Experienced

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

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

• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient

• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts

• Dementia care or palliative care short course
• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits

• Uniform supplied
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Overtime paid at time and a half

• 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.