Staff Nurse (Night Shift) – Immediate Start

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a private medical ward in Alberton, working alongside registered nurses. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

The site is in Alberton; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge

• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely

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

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

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