Administration Clerk: Support (Primary Health Care)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Vacancy at a glance
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Overview
Render reception and front -desk services, including patient registration and appointment administration. Create, file, retrieve and safe-keep patient folders in accordance with records management prescripts.
Requirements
- Minimum educational qualification: Senior Certificate (Grade 12) or equivalent
- Experience: Appropriate administrative/clerical experience, preferably in a health care environment
- Inherent requirement of the job: Valid driver’s licence (Code B/EB) and wil lingness to travel between facilities in the Kannaland Sub- District
- Willingness to work overtime when needed
- Competencies (knowledge/skills): Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel and Outlook)
- Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- Appropriate knowledge of filing and records management
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team
Responsibilities
- Render reception and front -desk services, including patient registration and appointment administration
- Create, file, retrieve and safe-keep patient folders in accordance with records management prescripts
- Capture patient and service data accurately on t he relevant health information systems
- Provide relief reception and administrative support at the clinics and Alan Blyth Hospital during staff absences and vacancies
- Assist with the ordering, receiving and control of stationery and consumables
- Maintain confidentiality of patient information in line with POPIA and the Patients’ Rights Charter
Prepare for this opportunity
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Match your background to the requirements
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Check the type and length of experience requested. Make relevant roles easy to find with consistent start and end dates, then explain your own responsibilities. Label internships, practical training and volunteering accurately so the recruiter can distinguish them from other employment.
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For Administration Clerk: Support (Primary Health Care), use the responsibilities above to decide which examples deserve space in your application. Choose a relevant task or project, explain what you personally did and describe the outcome. Use a measurable result where you have one, without inventing figures or sharing confidential information.
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Enquiries
Ms S Labuschagne Tel No : (028) 551-1010
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