Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary - Cape Town at Faircape Group

• To ensure high-quality patient care, we also invest in the continuous development of our staff, which includes both internal and external training.
• If you would like to work in an exciting, dynamic healthcare centre and have a passion for care then apply now!
• Please note this is a contract role of a few shifts. 

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• HANDOVER:
• Participate in handover by communicating observations of residents verbally and in the handover book
• Act on reports from the opposite shift in handover
• Regular observations and intervention of residents according to ECP care plan, including:
• Catheter care
• Pressure care
• Blood pressure
• Intake and output
• Pulse
• Temperature
• Oxygen saturation
• Hb
• Hgt. Urine testing
• Weighing of residents
• Administering of eye drops
• CLINICAL:
• Do all wound dressings according to care plan and record and report wound progress
• Communicate to Shift Leader immediately any change in a patient’s condition
• Any other clinical tasks within scope of practice as requested by the Shift Leader
• ECP:
• Log all actions as per the care plan on ECP
• Make suggestions to the Shift Leader regarding possible amendments to care plans
• Total intake and output charts and the end of each shift and record on ECP
• ADMINISTRATION AND REPORTING:
• Manage and issue nappy stock
• Record all tasks on ECP
• Complete handover book
• Report all duties and any concerns to the Shift Leader

Requirements 

• Qualifications - Qualified and SANC registered as Nursing Auxiliary (ENA)
• Experience and Knowledge – Experience in Neuro, Stroke, Orthopaedics, and Geriatrics, as well as experience within Sub Acute environments advantageous
• Skills and Attributes - Strong interpersonal skills, professional communication, ability to work under pressure, make sound decisions, computer literate, professional, focused, well-spoken, neat, be able to converse with people on different levels - staff, families.

Specific Requirements:

• Clear health record
• Clear criminal record
• Clear credit record
• Contactable references