Staff Nurse (Night Shift)

You'll give hands-on nursing care at a home-based care agency in Soweto, working alongside registered nurses. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

Location: Soweto, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected

• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care

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

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

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