Requirements
Minimum requirement:
Basic literacy and numeracy.
Experience:
Appropriate 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 (key result areas/outputs):
Accompany walking patients and safe transport sitting non-walking patients per wheelchair/trolley 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 and assist with shifting medical equipment to and from rooms.
Render assistance to 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.
Responsible for the cleanliness of trolleys and wheelchairs including the replacement of trolley linen when necessary.
Report any defects of trolleys or wheelchairs to the supervisor.
Reply to requests from wards or clinics.
Assist with the transportation of corpses from wards to the mortuary and entering details in the mortuary register
Closing date: 9 June 2023