General Worker/Labourer ( X24 Posts)
Vacancy at a glance
- Employer
- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- Location
- Sekhukhune District Office Mopani District Office Vhembe District Office (X 1 Post) Capricorn District Groblersdal Hospital Bungeni Health Centre (X 1 Post) Dilokong Hospital Seloane Clinic Mahwelereng Clinic Lebowakgomo Hospital (X 2 Post) Mokopane Hospital Mashashane EMS Siloam Hospital Klipspruit Clinic (X 1 Post) Philadelphia Hospital Danville Clinic Donald Frazer Hospital Jane Furse Hospital Letaba Hospital Hayani Hospital Elim Hospital
- Pay or stipend
- R144 024. p.a. (Level 02)
- Closing date
- 6 Nov 2026
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Overview
Perform any of the following duties and/or any other general duties as allocated and directed from time to time per operational needs of the facility: General: Load and offload. Assist Artisans and Tradesmen Aids.
Requirements
- Qualification and Competencies: A National Senior Certificate/Grade 12/Matric or ABET/AET at NQF level 4 as recognised by the South African Qualifications Authority [SAQA]
- Exposure to the hospital environment and patient care will be an added advantage
- Ability to lift and move heavy equipment and supplies
- Ability to work with heavy duty Laundry/cleaning equipment
- Willing to work with human excreta, fluids including blood
- Willingness to work with and ability to lift corpses of varying weights
- Ability to operate machinery (lawnmowers and weed eaters)
- Ability to be on your feet for a period of up to 12 hours per day
- Must be able to work shifts (including night duty, weekends, and public holidays)
- Willingness to work extra hours at short notice
- Knowledge And Skills: Knowledge of Batho Pele Principles, and occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 [OHS]
- Good communication and customer care skills
- Waste Management
Responsibilities
- Perform any of the following duties and/or any other general duties as allocated and directed from time to time per operational needs of the facility: General: Load and offload
- Assist Artisans and Tradesmen Aids
- Keep tools safe and clean
- Maintain the grounds of the facility
- Porter: Transport patients using stretcher or wheelchair to / from wards or departments or any other area of the health facility
- Carry patients
- Take corpses to the mortuary
- Clean / wash stretchers and wheelchairs
- Minor maintenance of stretchers and wheelchairs
- Laundry Aid: Accurate recording of all incoming and outgoing linen on a daily basis to hospital, clinics and EMS services
- Correct handling, receiving and dispatch of soiled and clean linen to the wards and clinics according to internal protocol and infection control measures
- Cleaning of laundry and laundry equipment on daily basis
- Fol low and adhere to Health and Safety Regulations
- Cleaner: Perform cleaning services in offices, passages, ablution facilities etc
- Emptying dustbins & picking up waste
- Perform any other cleaning duties
- Keep and maintain cleaning equipment and materials safe
- ENQUIRI ES : General enquiries about the advertised posts should be directed to Ms Hlokoa RE Tel No: (015) 293 6406, Ms Mompei MM Tel No: (015) 293 6126 / Ms Sebake RL Tel No: (015) 293 6426, Ms Sebola MF Tel No: (015) 293 6002 and Ms Mothiba JT Tel No: (015) 293 6329 during office hours
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