Post-Operative Caregiver (Private Home)

A hospice in-patient unit in Centurion needs someone kind and reliable to look after patients who can't manage alone. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

The work is in Centurion, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• 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
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered

• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely

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

• Overtime paid at time and a half
• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• 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.
• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.