Staff Nurse (Night Shift)

Your care keeps residents at a private medical ward in Somerset West safe, clean and comfortable through the day. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

You'll report in Somerset West. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Keep the fluid and food intake charts accurate for every patient
• Keep families updated on routine matters and pass clinical questions to the sister
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal

• 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
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate

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

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

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