Closing date: 22 August 2025
Permanent Porter vacancy at the Department of Health
The Department of Health is inviting suitable qualified applicants to apply for Permanent Porter vacancy.
- PORTER
- Cape Winelands Health District
- SALARY: R138 486 per annum
- CENTRE: Montagu Hospital
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum educational qualification: Basic numeracy and literacy.
- Experience: Appropriate experience in a public health facility.
- Inherent requirement of the job: Willingness to work shifts, overtime and ability to report for duty at 6:45 (weekends included). Willingness to handle bodies (corpses). Ability to handle heavy objects.
- Competencies (knowledge/skills): Good communication skills.
DUTIES:
- Accompany walking patients and transport sitting/non-walking patients per trolley or wheelchair between wards and treatment areas.
- Assist with loading of patients in/out of ambulances/vehicles.
- Assist with the transfer of patients to beds/trolleys and vice versa.
- Responsible for cleaning of mortuary.
- Responsible for the transportation of corpses from wards to the mortuary and entering details in the mortuary register.
- Direct or accompany visitors to various destinations and reply to requests from wards/clinics.
- Carry medical and other documentation (patient files, reports, etc.) to wards/treatment and other admin areas.
ENQUIRIES: Ms E.M. Volschenk Tel No: (023) 626-8565
APPLICATIONS:
Applications are submitted online,
NOTE: Shortlisted candidates may be subjected to a practical test. The pool of applicants will be considered for similar vacant post within Montagu Hospital for a period of 3 months from date of advert.
CLOSING DATE : 22 August 2025
