Post-Operative Caregiver (Private Home)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a retirement village frail care centre in Durban Central. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

You'll report in Durban Central. Relocation is not covered for this one. Hours are mostly Monday to Friday, with the odd Saturday in busy months.

• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected

• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely

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

• Overtime paid at time and a half
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Uniform supplied
• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care

• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.
• Recruiters phone references for care jobs, so warn your references and check their numbers still work.