Staff Nurse (Night Shift)

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a private medical ward in Newcastle, working alongside registered nurses. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

Location: Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• 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
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores

• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• 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
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends

• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve
• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting

• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres

• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.
• Recruiters phone references for care jobs, so warn your references and check their numbers still work.