Staff Nurse (Night Shift) – Permanent

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a private medical ward in Johannesburg CBD. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

The work is in Johannesburg CBD, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal

• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• 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
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people

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

• Overtime paid at time and a half
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Uniform supplied

• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.
• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.