Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary at Faircape Group

DESCRIPTION

We are seeking an ENA at Tokai Estate to provide high quality care to patients of all ages. Tokai Estate is a 60 bed sub-acute facility in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town.
This high end facility is located near the Blue Route Mall and is in close proximity to all major transport routes.
If you want to work in a dynamic and fulfilling team environment, this is the job for you. To ensure high quality patient care, we also invest in continuous development of our staff, which includes both internal and external training.
Duties include but is not limited to the following

HANDOVER

• Participate in handover by communicating observations of residents verbally and in the handover book
• Act on reports from 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 Auxilinary( ENA)
• Experience and Knowledge – Experience in Neuro, Stroke, Orthopaedics, Geriatrics, as well as experience within Sub Acute environment advantageous
• Skills and Attributes - Strong interpersonal skills, professional communication, ability to work under pressure, making sound decisions, computer literate, professional, focused, well spoken, neat, be able to converse with people on different levels - staff, families.
• Working Hours - Normal working days are Monday to Sunday, as per the roster. You will be required to work 16.25 shifts per month. Day shifts will be worked between 07h00 to 19h00 and night shifts between 19h00 and 07h00