Staff Nurse (Night Shift) – Fixed-Term

Your care keeps residents at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Hammarsdale safe, clean and comfortable through the day. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

Home base is a physical rehabilitation hospital on the Hammarsdale side of KwaZulu-Natal.

• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal

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

• Dementia care or palliative care short course
• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting
• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits

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