Staff Nurse (Night Shift) – Entry Level

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a retirement village frail care centre in Khayelitsha, working alongside registered nurses. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Khayelitsha, Western Cape, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected

• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts

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

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

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