Post-Operative Caregiver (Private Home) – Permanent

A home-based care agency in Tembisa needs someone kind and reliable to look after patients who can't manage alone. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Location: Tembisa, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

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

• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care

• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting
• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve

• Uniform supplied
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities

• 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.