Staff Nurse (Night Shift) – Permanent

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a home-based care agency in Centurion, working alongside registered nurses. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

The site is in Centurion; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• 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
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient

• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent

• 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
• 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.