The Department of Health aims to provide quality health services and ensure a caring climate for service users, implement best-practice health care strategies, create a positive work environment for staff, and provide appropriate and top-quality training for health workers. Our vision is to provide high-quality, efficient and accessible healthcare to transform people's lives. Our mission is to create an effective public healthcare system in Gauteng by ensuring we have the right people, skills, system and equipment to provide the care our patients need to live healthy and quality lives.
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Grade 10-12 or equivalent qualification. No experience required. Basic understanding of policies (Batho Pele Principles, Patients’ Rights charter, Occupational Health and Safety)
Ability to work under pressure. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Good written and verbal communication skills. Ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
Ability to communicate well with people at different levels. Ability to organize and plan. Ability to act with tact and discretion. Must be self-motivated.
Ability to handle tasks of multi-disciplinary nature and work independently and in a team. High level of reliability. Good customer skills and competencies. Ability to handle information confidentially.
Must be able to work under pressure and to take initiative. Be prepared to rotate within the scope of work. You must be prepared to work shifts, which include fixed, after hours, night duty, weekends and public holidays. Working night shift exposure to hospital environment. Previous EPWP experience will be an added advantage.
Duties :
Assist patients who are unable to walk to and from private cars. Accompanying walking and non-walking patients, ensure that wheelchairs and stretchers are cleaned and dressed ready for use in different areas of the hospital. Ensure that patients are transported to and from relevant wards/departments. Keep a close observation of patients during escorting.
Receive patients from ambulances/vehicles to stretchers or wheelchairs in the presence of a health care professional. Render assistance with the transfer of patients to bed/trolleys and vice versa. Record and register all patients transported (daily production sheets) to the supervisor daily. Check wheelchairs and stretchers to ensure good working conditions. Report faulty equipment, keep inventory up to date. Collection of stretchers and wheelchairs daily. Laying of stretchers daily.
Relieve in other areas when requested by your supervisor and comply when rotation takes place. Wear name tag or hospital ID daily. Attend to training courses arranged by Human Resource Department or section. Attend sectional meetings. Adhere to Batho Pele Principles. Professionalism: client service, dress code and time management.
Adhere to any legal instruction given to you by a senior staff member. Treat all clients and colleagues with dignity and respect. To adhere to all portering service policies and procedures. Adhere to timelines. Comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). Comply with the Performance Management and Development System (PMDS) (Contracting. Midyear and Annual assessment). Collect corpses from the wards to the mortuary. enter all admissions in the admission book. Checking availability of oxygen cylinder daily ensures safety of patients, compliance with attendance register. Comply with the department quality improvement plan
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