Kwa Zulu Natal Department of Health Nursing Learnerships

By | September 18, 2021


Kwa Zulu Natal Department of Health Nursing Learnerships

The Department intends to teach the workforce and deliver skilled experts to the medical industry. They aim at avoiding and fighting illnesses with suitable access, effectiveness, superiority, and justness given to all communities and people, by training the youth to care for the sick with great Department of Health Kwa Zulu Natal Learnerships.

This Department offers qualifying and talented individuals an opportunity to learn and gain experience within the medical field. Thus, stabilizing the need to skilled medical professionals throughout the country. Successful individuals will have an opportunity to work in a field they love and help those who need it most.

Department of Health Kwa Zulu Natal Learnerships Available

This Department offers selected candidates a four-year program to learn and gain valuable skills within their selected field of medical care. They also offer one and two-year learnerships in the nursing field.



Some of the fields that they offer are:

  • Child Nursing Science
  • Neonatal Nursing Science
  • Psychiatric Nursing
  • Critical Care Nursing
  • Midwifery
  • Theatre Nursing
  • Enrolled Nursing
  • Clinical Specialization
  • Social Auxiliary work
  • Professional Nursing
  • Pharmacist Assistant
  • Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary

Department of Health Kwa Zulu Natal Learnerships Requirements

Candidates wishing to pursue a career within the health industry and wanting to partake in a learnership offered by this Department will need to meet all stipulations as requested. This Department prefers candidates aged between 18 and 35. All documentation must be certified and certification has been done within a maximum of three months prior to the application.

Applicants must:

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  • Be a citizen of South African
  • Be in possession of a valid ID document
  • Hold a valid Matric / Grade 12 certificate
  • Stay within the area they are applying in
  • Be unemployed
  • Be proficient in English, read, write and speak
  • With Life Science and Biology subjects is preferred
  • Be computer literate

Applicants must have the following competencies and attributes:

  • A love of people and patience
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Leadership and organizational skills
  • Can handle pressure and crisis situations
  • Must have great life skills, compassion, and a caring nature
  • A love for studying
  • Be honest and reliable

Department of Health Kwa Zulu Natal Learnerships Application

Online Applications are not available. The Department application forms can be collected at the Government hospital nearest to where candidates stay and also returned there. For more information visit the Department of Health Kwa-Zulu Natal online.



The application must be fully completed and then returned with the appropriate records and certification as is stipulated in the advertisement. Each learnership advertised will be for acceptance by selected candidates to start the following year. Successful applicants will also be required to sign a contract with the Department.

All documentation and the application must be signed, certified and submitted before the closing date. Applications must not be given or delivered to any of the hospitals, clinics or nursing colleges in this area. Interested individuals must please read the advertisement carefully and follow it precisely.

This Department receives a great number of applications each year, thus, they cannot respond to all. The Department will only contact selected candidates. If you have not heard anything within three months from the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Candidates who have been part of this program previously will not be considered again. Applications received late, incomplete or that are missing any of the requested documentation will not be looked at.

This learnership program offered by the Department is usually for a four-year period. Applicants must ensure they certify all documentation. Verification of documents, address and experience will be done. Candidates who make the shortlist will be obligatory to complete a medical examination and also a security verification.

Department of Health Kwa Zulu Natal Learnerships Closing Date

Interested candidates can submit their applications to this Department before August yearly for learnership programs the following year. With these learnerships the Department of Health Kwa Zulu Natal intends to supply sufficient professionals within the public service and health care industry. The department holds affirmative employment issues close to heart and believes in a fair opportunity for all.