DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
In line with the Employment Equity Plan of the Department of Health it is our intention with this advertisement to achieve equity in the workplace by promoting equal opportunities and fair treatment in employment through the elimination of unfair discrimination.
POST 33/96:
PORTER
Rural Health Services
SALARY:
R96 549 per annum
CENTRE:
Paarl Hospital
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum requirement: Basic literacy and numeracy skills. Experience: Porter experience in a public health facility. Inherent requirements of the job: Willingness to work shifts and over weekends and public holidays. Ability to perform tasks such as lifting of patients from/onto beds, trolleys and wheelchairs, in/out of vehicles. Prepared to handle corpses. Prepared to work in all departments or wards in hospital. Valid (Code B/EB) driver’s licence. Competencies (knowledge/skills): Ability to communicate in at least two of the three official languages of the Western Cape.
DUTIES:
Assist and accompany walking, sitting, non-walking or disabled patients and transport patients per wheelchair or trolley from reception to the wards or from the wards to the treatment sections, and in and out of ambulances. Deliver and collecting medical and other documentation (patient files, report, etc) to or from wards or treatment areas. Deliver specimens to laboratories and ensure a safe and hygienic work environment. Check and replace oxygen cylinders in wards or treatment areas and assist with shifting of medical equipment and report any defects. Take responsibility for the transportation of corpses form wards to the mortuary and perform relevant duties in mortuary. Respond to request from wards or departments and transport blood and blood products to or from blood Bank to Paarl Hospital with GG transport.
ENQUIRIES:
Ms GP Storm, Tel No: (021) 860-2844
APPLICATIONS:
The Chief Executive Officer: Paarl Hospital, Private Bag X3012, Paarl, 7620.
FOR ATTENTION:
Mr RM Petersen
NOTE: No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post.
NB:
It will be expected of candidates to be available for selection interviews on a date, time and place as determined by the Department. Kindly note that excess personnel will receive preference.
CLOSING DATE: 07 SEPTEMBER 2018