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Porter (3 posts)
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Employment Type: Permanent
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Reference No: MHS734/2025
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Mitchell's Plain District Hospital; Chief Directorate: Metro Health Services
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| Deliver specimens to laboratories and ensure a safe and hygienic work environment. Check and replace gas cylinders in wards/Oxygen bank/treatment areas and assist with shifting of medical equipment to and from rooms. Accompany walking patients and transport sitting/non-walking patients per trolley or wheelchair between wards and treatment areas. -Take responsibility for the transportation of corpses from wards to the mortuary and perform relevant duties in the mortuary which include mortuary registers. Safe transport of patients on trolleys and wheelchairs to and from different departments/wards and assist with loading of patients in/out of ambulances/vehicles. -Responsible for the cleanliness of trolleys, wheelchairs, and working areas and report any defects to trolleys/wheelchairs to the supervisor and reply to requests from wards/clinics. |
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| Appropriate Porter/mortuary experience in a public health facility. |
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| Basic numeracy and literacy skills. |
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| Good interpersonal and communication skills. Knowledge of safe infection prevention methods. Ability to work under pressure, unsupervised, and in a team context. |
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| Mr M Pedro, tel. no. (021) 377-4327 |
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| No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. The pool of applications will be considered for vacancies within the Chief Directorate: Metro Health Services, for a period of three months from the date of the advert, provided that the job title, core functions, inherent requirements, and salary level are the same as those of the advertised post. As directed by the Department of Public Service and Administration, applicants must note that further checks will be conducted once they are shortlisted and that their appointment is subject to positive outcomes on these checks, which include security clearance, qualification, verification, criminal records and previous employment. Candidates may be subjected to a competency test. |
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| Willingness to work shifts, including nightshift, weekends and Public Holidays. Willingness to handle corpses (deceased bodies). Willingness to work overtime when required. Must be of sober habits, physically fit to lift oxygen/patients/corpse from/onto beds, trolleys, vehicles, wheelchairs and heavy equipment. Willingness to cover shifts in absence of colleagues. Prepared to work in all departments /wards in hospital and Heideveld EC Hub. |
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Remuneration:
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R 138 486 per annum - R 163 131 per annum Annual salary plus service benefits (13th cheque, employer's contribution to the pension fund, housing and medical aid allowance).
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Starting Date:
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11/7/2025 12:00:00 AM
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NOTICE TO ALL
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Candidates may be subjected to a competency test. No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. As directed by the Department of Public Service and Administration, applicants must note that further checks will be conducted once they are shortlisted and that their appointment is subject to positive outcomes on these checks, which include security clearance, qualification verification, criminal records and previous employment.
- It will be expected of shortlisted candidates to be:
- available at the venue on the time and date as determined by the Department and
- bring along recently (not older than 6 months) certified copies of your Identity Document (ID), driver’s license (if applicable for the post), qualification and/or proof of registration at relevant statutory body. Failure to adhere to the aforementioned may lead to his/her application being disqualified and not further considered.
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Closing date: 11/21/2025 12:00:00 AM
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