Kearsney College is looking for Part-Time Sanatorium Sister – closing date is 08 November 2025
Kearsney College is a leading independent boarding and day school for approximately 650 boys from Grades 8 to 12.
The 125-acre estate is set in a beautiful country setting on the edge of the Valley of a Thousand Hills, just outside Durban. Kearsney has an outstanding record of academic achievement in the IEB Matriculation Examinations and provides a dynamic sporting and cultural offering.
Kearsney College invites suitably qualified and experienced candidates to apply for the position of
Part-Time Sanatorium Sister
We are seeking a qualified and compassionate Part-Time Sanatorium Sister to join our team. The role involves working one day per week during Terms 1, 3, and 4, and two days per week during Rugby Season (Term 2), which would include a full day on Saturday.
Key Responsibilities:
- Attend to daily clinics (administer prescribed medication, assess and treat acute illness, injuries and wounds);
- Arrange and assist with doctors’ clinics at the Sanatorium;
- Attend to emergencies;
- Treat and refer pupils with chronic or acute illnesses and injuries;
- Record visits and treatment of pupils;
- Book appointments for doctors, specialists, biokineticists etc.;
- Arrange transport to medical appointments;
- Communicate and interact effectively with parents;
- Manage pupils’ scripts with the pharmacy;
- Manage impact concussion testing and follow-up;
- Arrange first aid for all sports when required, as well as being present at the fields for all rugby fixtures;
- Assist with school insurance claims and processing of related accounts;
- Ordering and stock control.
Required Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- professional/registered nurse with the South African Nursing Council;
- experience working in a boarding school environment would be an advantage;
- valid driver’s licence;
- dispensing licence (preferred);
- ability to work flexible hours, weekends as well as day/night shift;
- proactive, empathetic and trustworthy;
- computer literate, working knowledge of MS Office and Outlook;
- passionate about the wellbeing of boys;
- ability to work cooperatively in a team;
- excellent interpersonal skills.
Interested candidates must apply in writing by submitting their CV to vacancies@kearsney.com with the job title in the subject line.
Closing date: 08 November 2025
Kearsney College reserves the right not to make an appointment. An application does not entitle the applicant to an interview. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If applicants are not contacted within 21 days of submitting their application, they may assume their application has been unsuccessful.
In terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013, section 11(1)(a), by applying for this vacancy, you grant Kearsney College consent to use your CV and personal details for the purpose of application to this specific role. The personal information of unsuccessful applicants will be destroyed once the purpose for which the personal information was collected ceases to exist.
