Vacancies

Robin Trust is a Christian based NPO, located in the Oude Molen Eco Village, Pinelands, Cape Town, providing sub-acute rehabilitative care, frail and dementia residential care, training of home-based carers, as well as community health care services through our “Community care @ home” programme.

Please submit your CV to hr@robintrust.com clearly stating in the subject line the name of the position you are applying

Further correspondence will only be entered into with candidates under consideration for the role. Should you not hear back from us within 10 working days of the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

Registered Nurse - The Nest residential care

Closing date: 17 January 2025

Key performance areas include:

  • Managing staff and service delivery in the facility
  • Developing and maintaining professional relationships with health care providers, doctors, family members and other stakeholders
  • Overseeing the provision of individualised clinical care to residents with focus on infection control and risk management
  • Ensure implementation of Dementia Care and activities programme.
  • Co-ordinating the orientation and ongoing training of Home-Based Care students
  • Ensuring that residents admission protocols are followed
  • Complying with all reporting and documentation requirements as well as stock management and control
  • Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
  • Adherence to Code of conduct and scope of practice
  • High levels of empathy and compassion
  • Honesty, integrity, and ethical behaviour
  • Well organised with a thorough and ordered approach
  • Must be responsible, disciplined, and able to work in a team environment
  • Ability to give attention to detail
  • Be able to work after normal working hours, shifts and planned overtime

To be considered for the role you will need:

  • To be a Registered Nurse with current SANC enrolment.
  • 3-4 years of clinical practice after qualifying prior experience in Dementia Care and frail care would be advantageous
  • Good administrative skills
  • Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal and high levels of empathy and compassion
  • Problem solving and decision making for Dementia and Alzheimer residents
  • To be self-managed and disciplined in approach
  • Able to teach and mentor own staff, student home-based Carers

Registered Nurse - Robin Trust Community Care @ Home unit

Closing date: 31 January 2025

Key performance areas include:

  • Managing staff and service delivery in the facility
  • Developing and maintaining professional relationships with health care providers, doctors, family members and other stakeholders
  • Overseeing the provision of individualised clinical care to residents with focus on infection control and risk management
  • Ensure implementation of Dementia Care and activities programme.
  • Co-ordinating the orientation and ongoing training of Home-Based Care students
  • Ensuring that residents admission protocols are followed
  • Complying with all reporting and documentation requirements as well as stock management and control
  • Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
  • Adherence to Code of conduct and scope of practice
  • High levels of empathy and compassion
  • Honesty, integrity, and ethical behaviour
  • Well organised with a thorough and ordered approach
  • Must be responsible, disciplined, and able to work in a team environment
  • Ability to give attention to detail
  • Be able to work after normal working hours, shifts and planned overtime

To be considered for the role you will need:

  • To be a Registered Nurse with current SANC enrolment.
  • 3-4 years of clinical practice after qualifying prior experience in Dementia Care and frail care would be advantageous
  • Good administrative skills
  • Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal and high levels of empathy and compassion
  • Problem solving and decision making for Dementia and Alzheimer residents
  • To be self-managed and disciplined in approach
  • Able to teach and mentor own staff, student home-based Carers

Registered Nurse - Day Shift in the Sub Acute facility

Closing date: 31 January 2025

Our Community Care @ Home unit places home based care workers with patients / clients in both private homes and institutions. Reporting to the Community Care @ Home Unit Manager, the RN will implement all unit activities and services.

Key performance areas include:

  • Provision of clinical care to patients as required
  • Conducting home visits and auditing of client files
  • Reporting on client’s health to doctors and staff
  • Hardworking and vibrant
  • Used to driving daily to visit clients
  • Selection of care workers to join the panel
  • Conducting orientation, training and skills development workshops for Carers.
  • Managing conduct and performance issues with carers if necessary
  • Demonstrates due process in carer discipline
  • Developing appropriate marketing strategies and partnerships for the Community Care @ Home unit
  • Overseeing all administrative processes including the issuing of carer contracts, verification of timesheet and payments, dealing with medical aids and medical facilities
  • Ensuring that quality assessments and Letters of Motivation are completed and that feedback is reviewed, prioritised and actioned as necessary
  • Conducting detailed patient/client assessments either at the patient’s home or in a medical facility
  • Conducting patient assessments prior to admittance to the Robin Trust Sub Acute facility (in conjunction with medical aid partners and programmes)
  • Selecting panellists for specific patients and ensuring that a full-on site orientation is conducted with the carer at the commencement of the assignment

To be considered for the role you will need:

  • To be a registered Nurse with up-to-date SANC registration and membership
  • 3-5 years of clinical practice coupled with relevant community health and managed health care work experience (ICD 10 codes)
  • Valid driver’s licence and a good geographic knowledge of Cape Town and environs
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • The ability to function effectively unsupervised and in high pressure environments
  • High levels of empathy
  • Good staff management experience
  • Knowledge of disciplinary procedures, enquiries and grievances.
  • The ability to manage administrative responsibilities with the delivery of patient care
  • To be a team player
  • Good computer skills and app skills on phone
  • Be able to do call every 3rd week

HEAD OF HOME BASE CARE TRAINING COLLEGE

Closing date: 14 February 2025

The Head of College is a senior position reporting directly to the General Manager

Key performance area:

  • Comprehensive management of the College on all generic administrative processes in relation to education and training as well as active participation at Management team level within the organisation.

To be considered for this role you need to have the following requirements:

  • Be a Registered Nurse with current SANC registration
  • Possess a Master’s degree with additional nursing qualifications in management, education and Community Health.
  • HWSETA/QCTO assessor and moderator accreditation
  • A minimum of 3 years proven leadership and management experience at Senior College level
  • Code 8 drivers licence.
  • Must be able to build relationships and work in a team.
  • Organisational awareness