Post-Operative Caregiver (Private Home)

Your care keeps residents at a private medical ward in Pietermaritzburg 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 private medical ward in Pietermaritzburg. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge

• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts

• Dementia care or palliative care short course
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve
• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits

• Overtime paid at time and a half
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres

• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.
• Recruiters phone references for care jobs, so warn your references and check their numbers still work.