Staff Nurse (Night Shift)

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a private medical ward in Rustenburg, working alongside registered nurses. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

You'll be based at a private medical ward in Rustenburg. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected

• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people

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

• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Uniform supplied
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities

• 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.