Post-Operative Caregiver (Private Home)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a private medical ward in Secunda. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

This post is Secunda-based, with most of your time spent at a private medical ward.

• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• 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

• 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
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends

• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting
• 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
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Uniform supplied

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