PORTER

Minimum requirement: Basic numeracy and literacy. Experience: Appropriate Porter experience in a public health facility. Inherent requirement of the job: 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 patients/corpse from/onto beds, trolleys, vehicles, wheelchairs and heavy equipment. Willingness to cover shifts in absence of colleagues. Competencies (knowledge/skills): Good interpersonal and communication skills. Knowledge of safe infection prevention methods. Ability to work under pressure, unsupervised, and in a team context.

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.

Mr M October Tel No: (021) 816-8631

Only applications submitted online will be accepted. To apply submit your application online only: via http://www.westerncape.gov.za/jobs or https://westerncapegov.erecruit.co

No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post.

PSV Circular 20 of 2026, Post 20/344