POST 06/378 : PORTER 
Garden Route District
SALARY : R138 486 per annum
CENTRE : Oudtshoorn Hospital

REQUIREMENTS : Minimum requirement: Basic numeracy and literacy skills. Experience: Appropriate experience in a hospital and Porter environment. Inherent requirements of the job: Willingness to work shifts, including nightshift, weekends, overtime and public holidays. Willingness to do mortuary duties, i.e., removal of corpse from wards. The ability to perform tasks such as lifting patient’s from/onto beds, trolleys and wheelchairs and stay on your feet for long hours. Competencies (knowledge/skills): Good interpersonal relations skills. Communication skills (written and verbal). Ability to work cooperatively within a team context.

DUTIES : Accompany walking patients and transport sitting/non-walking patients per trolley or wheelchair between wards and treatment areas. Assist with loading patients into and out of ambulances/vehicles. Assist with the transfer of patients to beds/trolleys and vice versa. Responsible for the transportation of corpses from wards to the mortuary, entering details in the mortuary register and accountable for cleaning the mortuary. 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. Support for the supervisor and team members.

ENQUIRIES : Mr SR Papa Tel No: (044) 203 -7200
APPLICATIONS : Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs.

NOTE : No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. Candidates will be subjected to a written/practical and oral assessment. The pool of applications will be considered for vacancies within Garden Route District, for a period of three months from the date of the advert, provided that the job title, core functions, inherent requirements, and salary level are the same as those of the advertised post.

CLOSING DATE : 06 March 2026, 17:00 PM

In line with the Employment Equity Plan of the Department of Health it is our intention with this advertisement to achieve equity in the workplace by promoting equal opportunities and fair treatment in employment through the elimination of unfair discrimination.