Salary: R144 024 per annum
Centre: Paarl Hospital
Requirements
Minimum requirement: Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Experience: Appropriate experience in a health environment.
Inherent requirements of the job: Willingness to work shifts, including nightshift, weekends and public holidays.
Must be of sober habits, physically fit and lift patients from/onto beds, trolleys, vehicles, wheelchairs and heavy equipment; Prepared to handle
corpses (deceased bodies).
Prepared to work in all departments/wards in hospital.
Prepared to relieve in other sections of Support services.
Competencies (knowledge/skills): Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Knowledge of the safe infection prevention methods.
Ability to work under pressure, unsupervised and in a team context
Duties
Safe transport of patients on trolleys, beds and wheelchairs to and from different departments and in and out of ambulances and private vehicles and
also ensure a safe and hygienic work environment; Respond to requests from wards, laboratories and blood bank with regards to delivering and collecting of
medical & other documentation, specimens and other blood products; Check and replace gas cylinders in wards or treatment areas and assist with shifting
of medical equipment; Effective and efficient control of equipment and reporting of any defects of trolleys, beds and wheelchairs to supervisor Take
responsibility for transportation of corpses from wards to the mortuary and perform relevant duties in mortuary Relief supervisor when required.
Enquiries
Ms GP Storm Tel No: (021) 860-2844
Applications
Applications are submitted online via http://www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs
(click “online applications”).