Post-Operative Caregiver (Private Home) – Experienced

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a hospice in-patient unit in Secunda. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

The work is in Secunda, Mpumalanga, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose

• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people

• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve

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

• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.
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