Staff Nurse (Night Shift)

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Pretoria West. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

You'll be based at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Pretoria West. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Hours are mostly Monday to Friday, with the odd Saturday in busy months.

• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores

• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely

• 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

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

• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.
• Recruiters phone references for care jobs, so warn your references and check their numbers still work.