Porter at Free State Department of Health

Requirements:

• Adult education and Training (AET/ABET) Level 3 or equivalent (Grade 9 ).
• Skills/ Knowledge/ Competence: Understanding of Batho Pele Principles, Patients Right Charter, Occupational Health and Safety.
• Experience: Appropriate porter experience in a hospital environment. Must be able to work on standby and overtime including weekends and public holidays.
• Must be of sober habits, physically fit patients and heavy equipment. Physically able to be on one’s feet for a long period. Must be prepared to handle bodies (corpses). Willing to work a 12 hour shift system, weekends, public holidays, night duty and overtime. Posses physical strength and cope with physical demands of the post.

Duties:

• Loading and offloading patients from private cares, and ambulances, accompany walking and non-walking patients to different clinical areas around the hospital. Collection of corpses around medical, casualty, surgical, emergency / trauma unit, X-ray department and any other area of the hospital to the mortuary. Making sure that PPE and waste are segregated properly.
• Collecting of unused equipment’s around the hospital and reporting of lost, damaged, or dysfunctional equipment. Must be prepared to rotate and operate as a reliever in all sections when requested by Supervisor/Manager. Cleaning of equipment including wheelchairs, preparing them for re-use and covering stretches with clean linen.
• Daily submission of production sheets to the Supervisor/ Manager. Wearing of nametags for identification is compulsory. Adhere to instructions given by Supervisor/ Manager to relieve in any department in case of shortage.

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