Staff Nurse (Night Shift)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a home-based care agency in Pretoria East. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Pretoria East, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal

• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely

• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve
• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits

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

• 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.