Caregiver

Listing live now. Role: Caregiver. Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

About This Position

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 Durban and across the health jobs space.

Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.

Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the health jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Durban much easier.

Equal Opportunity

Beyond that, the organisation is committed to fair, merit-based recruitment and equal opportunity. Applications are assessed against the published role requirements in line with applicable employment law.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Durban.

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.

Day in the Life

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.

Beyond that, the Durban office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

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

Core Functions

• Mentor student nurses and junior staff during their rotations
• Administer prescribed medications and document treatments accurately
• Provide compassionate, patient-centred care in line with scope of practice
• Assist with admissions, discharges and patient transfers
• Respond appropriately to medical emergencies and code calls
• Operate and care for clinical equipment in line with manufacturer guidelines

What You’ll Need

• Up-to-date immunisations as required by occupational health policy
• Demonstrated ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams
• Strong infection prevention and control awareness
• Sound clinical judgement and ability to work calmly under pressure
• Any checks required by law or the specific duties will be explained during the hiring process

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