• Reference Number : REFS/049974
• Directorate : SUPPORT SERVICES
• Number of Posts : 1

• Package : R144 024 Per Annum (Plus Benefits)
• Enquiries : Mr. A Mashalane - 011 321 6025

Requirements :

• Minimum requirement is Grade 10. Having the ability to read, write, and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos experience in a clinical/hospital/porter environment will be an added advantage. Inherent requirements and skills: Willingness to work shifts including nightshifts, weekends, and public holidays. Experience in porter will be an added advantage. Rotate in different departments according to operational needs and requirements. Be physically fit to perform tasks such as lifting patients from beds or onto benches and wheelchairs. Competencies (knowledge/skills): Verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Good telephone etiquette and ability to maintain confidentiality. Basic understanding of safety and hygiene principles. Poses physical strength and cope with the demands of the position. Preference will be given to EPWP trainees, COVID-19 participants, and administrative interns who served and are still serving the Department according to Personnel Circular Letter 4 of 2017.

Duties :

• Responsible for transporting patients from registration points to different clinical areas within the hospital. Transport corpses from the wards to the mortuary. Ensure accurate completion of the mortuary register. Assist in offloading and loading of patients from ambulances and private cars to the stretchers/wheelchairs. Cleaning of stretchers and wheelchairs after use at all times Ensures patient safety when transporting them. Reporting of faulty equipment to the supervisor for repair and ensuring that they are stored properly. Always keep equipment readily available. Perform any duties allocated by supervisor, to be involved with administrative procedures of the mortuary and to adhere to correct protocols when dealing with public and bereaved familie.

Notes :

• Applications should be submitted strictly online at the following E-Recruitment portal: http://jobs.gauteng.gov.za. No hand-delivered, faxed, or emailed applications will be accepted. For assistance with online applications please email your query to healthjobqueries@gauteng.gov.za . NB: Where Driver’s Licence is mandatory, exception will be granted for people with disabilities. Application should be accompanied by a fully completed and signed new Z83 application form obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.dpsa.gov.za/documents plus a recently updated comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV), Registration Certificate with relevant professional body (HPCSA) and a proof of current registration (Annual Practicing Certificate/Card). Applications without proof of a new Z83 application form, a detailed CV, registration certificate and a proof of current registration card/certificate with relevant professional body will be disqualified. (Shortlisted candidates will receive communication from HR to submit certified copies of educational qualifications and other relevant documents not older than 6 months on or before the day of the interview). It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). All foreign qualification must be accompanied by evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Correspondence will only be limited to shortlisted candidates. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, citizenship, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification). Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. The recommended candidate may be subjected to Medical Surveillance as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 5/1993. It is Department’s intention to promote representivity (race, gender, and disability) in the Public Service through the filling of these posts. The Department reserves the right not to appoint/fill this post. WOMEN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Employer : Department of Health

Location : Edenvale Regional Hospital

Closing Date : 19-06-2026

Please Notes :

• Due to the large number of applications we envisage receiving, applications will not be acknowledged. If you do not receive any response within 3 months, please accept that your application was not successful.