Current Vacancies at Faircape Group

Duties include but is not limited to the following:

The Senior Carer is responsible according to the approved care plan by directly providing practical, physical, social and emotional care for residents at the healthcare centre. Senior Carers contribute to the creation of a therapeutic and relaxing environment within the healthcare facility, ensuring the dignity of residents are maintained at all times. 

Administration & Reporting

• Chart and timestamp all activities on ECP as per procedure
• Report to Duty Sister any changes or causes of concern in a resident’s condition

Patient Care (according to care plan)

• Attend to all activities as per the ECP care plan per resident and chart activity accordingly, including but not limited to personal hygiene, incontinence, dress, feeding and companionship
• Maintain safe and therapeutic environment for all residents in terms of care plan and their personal diagnosis

Company Policies & Procedures

• Maintain awareness, understanding and adherence to company rules, policies and procedures
• Treat all residents with respect and dignity

Infection Control

• Comply to all company policies and procedures regarding infection control
• Maintain good personal hygiene as per the relevant policies and procedures

Health & Safety

• Comply with company health and safety standards in terms of activities of work
• Be aware of duty of care and measures to protect vulnerable residents
• Report any health and safety contraventions to the Duty Sister

Activities & Exercise

• Assist OT with the daily OT sessions
• Assist the Carer Team Leader with Carer run activities

Requirements

Education and Qualifications:

• Acknowledged Carer training from reputable organisation advantageous 
• SETA accreditation will be an advantage

Experience

• Proven experience as a Carer or experience in a similar environment 

Skills and Knowledge:

• Skilled in basic computer knowledge
• Knowledge of caring principles in caring for the aged, this includes:
• Core carer competency skills
• Dementia care
• Palliative care
• Rehabilitative care
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Work well with the elderly and have compassion for caring for them
• Work well within a team and independently 
• Able to work under pressure
• Be accepting of change within the role of caring, as the need arises
• Maintain positive relationships with all (resident, families, colleagues)
• Have the ability to make good decisions, think objectively, make decisions and prevent medico-legal risks

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Duties include but is not limited to the following:

The Senior Carer is responsible according to the approved care plan by directly providing practical, physical, social and emotional care for residents at the healthcare centre. Senior Carers contribute to the creation of a therapeutic and relaxing environment within the healthcare facility, ensuring the dignity of residents are maintained at all times. 

Administration & Reporting

• Chart and timestamp all activities on ECP as per procedure
• Report to Duty Sister any changes or causes of concern in a resident’s condition

Patient Care (according to care plan)

• Attend to all activities as per the ECP care plan per resident and chart activity accordingly, including but not limited to personal hygiene, incontinence, dress, feeding and companionship
• Maintain safe and therapeutic environment for all residents in terms of care plan and their personal diagnosis

Company Policies & Procedures

• Maintain awareness, understanding and adherence to company rules, policies and procedures
• Treat all residents with respect and dignity

Infection Control

• Comply to all company policies and procedures regarding infection control
• Maintain good personal hygiene as per the relevant policies and procedures

Health & Safety

• Comply with company health and safety standards in terms of activities of work
• Be aware of duty of care and measures to protect vulnerable residents
• Report any health and safety contraventions to the Duty Sister

Activities & Exercise

• Assist OT with the daily OT sessions
• Assist the Carer Team Leader with Carer run activities

Requirements

Education and Qualifications:

• Acknowledged Carer training from reputable organisation advantageous 
• SETA accreditation will be an advantage

Experience

• Proven experience as a Carer or experience in a similar environment 

Skills and Knowledge:

• Skilled in basic computer knowledge
• Knowledge of caring principles in caring for the aged, this includes:
• Core carer competency skills
• Dementia care
• Palliative care
• Rehabilitative care
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Work well with the elderly and have compassion for caring for them
• Work well within a team and independently 
• Able to work under pressure
• Be accepting of change within the role of caring, as the need arises
• Maintain positive relationships with all (resident, families, colleagues)
• Have the ability to make good decisions, think objectively, make decisions and prevent medico-legal risks

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Duties include but is not limited to the following:

The Assistant Carer Supervisor will ensure that the residents receive the highest standard of care, assist the Carer Supervisor in supporting and guiding the carer team in their day-to-day performance of their jobs. You will also contribute to fostering positive relationships between staff and management and act in a supervisory capacity in the absence of the Carer Supervisor or as operationally required.

QUALITY CONTROL

• Participate in the handover process to/from the opposite shift and communicating all observations regarding residents
• Assist the Carer Supervisor with staff allocation, providing input as required
• Completion of the Emergency list for Fire & Evacuation Safety in the absence of the Carer Supervisor and reporting all maintenance issues immediately
• Complete admission and discharge checklists
• Assists the carer team with day to duties and ensuring the team adheres to infection control measures
• Provide on the job training and demonstrating corrective measures 
• Ensuring at that end of each shift that all carer equipment is clean and neatly stored in designated areas

ADMINISTRATION AND REPORTING

• Ensure charting times correlate to when tasks are done and that all documentation is complete
• Ensure all concerns regarding patients are reported to the Shift Leader and documented in the ECP progress notes

PATIENT CARE (ACCORDING TO CARE PLAN)

• Ensure all activities as per care plan is done and charted 
• Ensure a safe and therapeutic environment is created for all residents and that the care plan is up to date with the needs of the resident
• Ensure appropriate activities are being carried out in different areas and that caregivers are actively involved

COMPANY POLICIES  AND PROCEDURES

• Ensuring compliance, understanding and adherence to company policies and procedures

 INFECTION CONTROL

• Ensure infection control policies and procedures are  followed and adhered to
• Ensure good personal hygiene maintained for all Carers
• Adherence to the Uniform policy

HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Ensure all company policies and procedures are adhered to in terms of health and safety
• Ensure all contraventions reported to the Shift Leader before the end of shift

 ACTIVITIES AND  EXERCISE 

• Allocate carers to assist with OT daily sessions

SUPERVISION

• Responsible to act in the absence of the Carer Supervisor
• Take on full scope of duties allocated by the Carer Supervisor

REQUIREMENTS:

Education and qualifications:

• Acknowledged Carer Training from a reputable organization
• SETA accreditation will be an advantage
• Grade 10 - 12
• Minimum 2 years experience working as a carer
• Previous supervisory experience

Skills and Knowledge : 

• To assist in the day to day running of the team, under direction of the Carer Supervisor
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong, accurate computer and administration skills
• Knowledge of caring principles in caring for the aged, this includes:
• Core carer competency skills
• Dementia care
• Palliative care
• Rehabilitative care
• Manual Handling knowledge & skills
• Fall prevention knowledge & skills
• Computer literate

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Duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Conduct daily, weekly and monthly node & node room inspections
• Provide documentation of all information of cabling, routers, and switches
• Ensure improvisation upon existing installations and infrastructure
• Checking of cabinets in the MMR / node rooms including cabling, routers, switches, UPS etc
• Labelling & documenting of network equipment
• Crimping of cat5 / cat6 cabling
• Report faults in the MMR / Node Rooms to the line manager
• Performs cable installations, including new commercial cat5 / cat6 cabling
• Ensure that installations are completed to standard 
• Troubleshoot cabling a layer 1 networks
• Installation of routers and switches
• Liaising with customers during last mile installations 

• Installation of wireless radios
• Documenting all areas of work in relevant reporting guideline 
• Voip phone installations 

Qualifications

• Matric
• Electrical qualification advantageous
• FTTH training and certifications advantageous

Experience and knowledge

• Proven experience in similar role
• Experience installing CAT5, CAT6, fibre.
• Crimping of cables in according to standards
• Experience working with maintenance and upkeep of server room and Node rooms
• Proficient in fault finding using OTDR, CAT5/6 testers and fibre laser fault finders.
• Experience using Ge-Bex and BiDi fibre modules.
• Installing and alignment of wireless dishes.
• General understanding on inspection of mast / brackets
• Basic uUnderstanding of FNO & ISP industry SLA’s for both residential and commercial services, in order to understand the urgency with the networks being worked on and impact thereto.
• Understanding of standard procurement processes and approvals in accordance with the Telecommunications industry and ability to interact and manage this process when dealing with service providers (contractors) and suppliers of equipment. 

Skills and attributes

• Cabling installation standards
• Proactive thinker
• Ability to work neatly and systematically
• Excellent time management
• Problem solving skills and logical thinker
• Ability to work under high pressure situations and unsupervised
• Computer literate (Google Doc, sheets and email)
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Should be able to handle inspections, fault find, propose suggestions for remedy as well as get the relevant quotes ready with and for line manager approval.  

Specific requirements

• Must have a valid drivers licence and reliable vehicle
• Clear health record
• Clear criminal record
• Clear credit record
• Contactable references