Nursing Assistant (Rehabilitation Unit)

Your care keeps residents at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Vereeniging safe, clean and comfortable through the day. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

You'll be based at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Vereeniging. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• 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
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient

• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts

• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Uniform supplied

• 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.