Staff Nurse (Night Shift)

A home-based care agency in Umhlanga needs someone kind and reliable to look after patients who can't manage alone. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Help patients bath, dress, eat and use the toilet with dignity
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected

• Matric or NQF Level 4 equivalent
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people

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

• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Uniform supplied
• 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.
• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.