POST 17/371: GENERAL WORKER STORES
SALARY: R125,373 per annum CENTRE: Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum educational qualification: Basic numeracy and literacy skills
- Experience: Appropriate experience in a Store
- Inherent requirement of the job: Physically able to handle stock
- Proficiency in at least two of the three official languages of the Western Cape
DUTIES: Responsibilities of the General Worker in Stores include:
- Assist the Provisioning Clerk with handling stock
- Receive and issue goods
- Deliver store stock to end-users
- Rotate store stock (first in, first out)
- Clean various stores and non-storage areas within the main stores
- Answer telephone and handle internal queries
- Assist in other Stores when required
ENQUIRIES: For any inquiries, please contact:
- Ms. A Ismail
- Tel No: (021) 404-5057
POST 17/372: PORTER Chief Directorate: Metro Health Services SALARY: R125,373 per annum CENTRE: Gugulethu Community Health Centre
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum requirement: Basic literacy and numeracy
- Experience: Appropriate porter duty experience
- Inherent requirements of the job: Ability to communicate in at least two of the three official languages of the Western Cape
- Willingness to work shifts, including night shifts
- Must be prepared to handle bodies (corpses)
- Competencies (knowledge/skills): Good interpersonal skills, ability to work under pressure
DUTIES: Responsibilities of the Porter include:
- Accompany walking patients and safely transport non-walking patients using wheelchairs/trolleys to and from different departments/wards and in and out of ambulances
- Direct or accompany visitors to various destinations
- Check, order, report, and replace gas cylinders in wards/treatment areas
- Assist with shifting medical equipment to and from rooms
- Assist nursing staff with the transfer of patients to beds or trolleys and vice versa
- Carry medical and other documentation (patient files, reports, etc.) to wards or treatment areas
- Ensure cleanliness of trolleys and wheelchairs, including replacing trolley linen when necessary
- Report any defects of trolleys or wheelchairs to the supervisor
- Respond to requests from wards or clinics
- Assist with the transportation of corpses from wards to the mortuary and enter details in the mortuary register
ENQUIRIES: For any inquiries, please contact:
- Mr. M Oktober
- Tel No: (021) 633 0020
Applications should be submitted to: The Facility Manager: Gugulethu Community Health Centre, c/o NY3 and NY78, Gugulethu, 7750.
POST 17/373: LINEN STORES ASSISTANT Garden Route District SALARY: R125,373 per annum CENTRE: Riversdale Hospital
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum requirement: Basic numeracy and literacy skills
- Experience: Appropriate experience of handling clean and dirty linen within a linen bank
- Inherent requirements of the job: Valid (C1/EC) (Code B/EB) driver’s license
- Willingness to work overtime, weekends, and public holidays when operational needs require it
- Perform hard physical tasks, such as pushing linen trolleys, loading and offloading linen bags, etc.
- Must be able to communicate in at least two of the three languages of the Western Cape
- Competencies (knowledge/skills): Basic knowledge in handling, sorting, packing, and counting linen, washing and sluicing linen, infection control, and safety procedures in a hospital environment, good interpersonal relationships, safe use of laundry machinery and equipment
DUTIES: Responsibilities of the Linen Stores Assistant include:
- Unpack clean linen bags, count the linen, record all the clean linen, and pack it onto the shelves in the Linen Bank to ensure efficient stock control
- Empty soiled linen bags for sorting, counting, sealing, and stocking of linen bags for dispatching to the private service provider
- Perform basic routine tasks in the linen bank under supervision to maintain high standards of hospital hygiene, safety, and cleanliness
- Daily sluicing of badly stained linen and proper handling and disposal of refuse/waste products
- Distribute clean linen from the linen bank to wards and clinics
- Provide support and relief to supervisors, other departments, and wards
ENQUIRIES: For any inquiries, please contact:
- Mr. H Crous
- Tel No: (028) 713-8642