Caregiver

Step into a Caregiver role in Ballito and make your mark across KwaZulu-Natal. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.

The Role

The Caregiver position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across KwaZulu-Natal. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Ballito and across the health jobs space.

Importantly, the role suits a candidate who values consistency and clear communication. The Ballito operation runs on accurate work, steady relationships and a genuine respect for the people in the team.

Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the health jobs group in Ballito.

The Environment

Equally, the environment is clinical, regulated and patient-centred. Shift work, infection control protocols and clear scope-of-practice boundaries are part of every working day.

Notably, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Ballito site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

Diversity and Inclusion

Inclusive recruitment is part of the organisation’s employment practices. Applicants are assessed on relevant qualifications, skills and experience for this role in Ballito.

Beyond that, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for KwaZulu-Natal.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

A Typical Day

You start your shift with a thorough handover, picking up patient histories, treatment plans and any concerns from the previous team. The morning is paced but purposeful — vital signs, medication rounds, bedside conversations — and you’re constantly switching between clinical tasks and the very human work of reassuring patients and families. Multi-disciplinary rounds give you a chance to advocate for your patients, and by the time you hand over again, you have done meaningful work that makes a real difference to the people in your care.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Ballito.

Equally, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when KwaZulu-Natal operations throw up the unexpected.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean, safe and welcoming clinical environment
• Liaise with medical aids and process pre-authorisations where required
• Manage stock levels of consumables and report shortages timeously
• Participate in multi-disciplinary ward rounds and care planning
• Respond appropriately to medical emergencies and code calls
• Administer prescribed medications and document treatments accurately
• Assist with admissions, discharges and patient transfers
• Maintain accurate clinical records in line with SANC and POPIA

Who We’re Looking For

• Sound clinical judgement and ability to work calmly under pressure
• Demonstrated ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams
• Commitment to ongoing CPD and clinical learning
• Working knowledge of POPIA as it applies to patient information
• BLS, ACLS or PALS certification where applicable to the role

Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.