Porter

Competencies (Knowledge/ Skills):

Ability to achieve and maintain good interpersonal relations with staff and the service providers. Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Ability to perform tasks such as lifting of patients/corpse from/onto beds, trolleys, wheelchairs and to mortuary.

Duties (Key Result Areas/Outputs):

Accompany walking patients and safely transport sitting non-walking patients per wheelchair/bed trolley to and from different departments/wards. Render assistance to nursing/medical staff with the transfer of patients to beds/wheelchairs and vice versa. Assist with shifting of medical equipment to and from rooms. Report any defects of trolleys or wheelchairs to supervisor. Respond to requests from wards and departments. Ensure a safe and hygienic work environment as well as collecting and cleaning equipment. Safe transport and storing corpses in mortuary.

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