Department of Health Vacancies 2025 | Entry-Level and Semi-Skilled

AUXILIARY WORKER

Reference Number: REFS/024317
Directorate: Quality Assurance
Number of Posts: 7
Package: R138 486.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Ms M. Mthezuka-Kganakga – Tel: 011 488 4600 / Ms L. Maseko – Tel: 011 488 3711

Requirements

• Grade 12. No experience required.
• Knowledge of a limited range of working procedures in a health customer service working environment and elementary duties such as health and safety measures, planning and organizing.
• Skills: Basic numeracy and literacy, good communication, sound human relations, ability to liaise with stakeholders, good interpersonal relationships, ability to organize and perform routine tasks with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work under pressure and in a team.
• Sound knowledge of customer care, Patients’ Rights Charter and Batho Pele Principles.
• Ability to plan, handle multiple tasks, communicate tactfully in different languages, and willingness to attend training.
• Willingness to rotate and work shifts, weekends, holidays and perform physical labour.
• It is a legal requirement to wear protective clothing.
• Added advantage: Grade 10 or equivalent qualification, 1 year experience in a hospital patient-facing environment and computer literacy.

Duties

• Welcome patients and visitors.
• Control and maintain order in waiting areas.
• Screen patients and fast-track vulnerable patients.
• Direct patients to various areas and manage queues.
• Accurately complete waiting time monitoring tools daily.
• Identify bottlenecks and alert managers.
• Ensure availability of drinking water, cups and complaint/compliment forms.
• Check environment for cleanliness and broken equipment.
• Communicate with the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide health talks to waiting patients.
• Assist departments to achieve objectives.
• Resolve minor complaints and escalate where necessary.
• Comply with PMDS requirements, attend meetings and development programmes.
• Perform other duties as delegated.

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

LAUNDRY WORKER

Reference Number: REFS/024316
Directorate: Logistics Department
Number of Posts: 38
Package: R138 486.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Ms L. Maseko – Tel: 011 488 3711 / Mr H.B. Ferreira – Tel: 011 488 4700

Requirements

• ABET Level 02 or equivalent qualification. No experience required.
• Knowledge of working procedures in a laundry working environment.
• Skills: Basic numeracy and literacy, good communication, sound human relations, ability to perform routine tasks and basic interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders.
• Ability to work under pressure and in a team.
• Willingness to rotate and work shifts and perform physical labour.
• It is a legal requirement to wear protective clothing.

Duties

• Sort and count dirty linen from different hospitals.
• Prepare and send clean linen to clients.
• Assist with laundry machines and equipment.
• Receive soiled linen from hospitals and clients.
• Issue and deliver clean linen to hospitals and clinics.
• Pack clean linen on trolleys and into linen bags.
• Clean the laundry area.
• Perform other duties as delegated.

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Johannesburg Provincial Laundry
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

PORTER

Reference Number: REFS/024315
Directorate: Logistics Department
Number of Posts: 11
Package: R138 486.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Mr E. Sithole – Tel: 011 488 4116 / Ms L. Maseko – Tel: 011 488 3711

Requirements

• Grade 12. No experience required.
• Knowledge of porter duties, cleaning equipment and working environment.
• Skills: Basic numeracy and literacy, good communication, sound human relations, ability to perform routine tasks and basic interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders.
• Ability to work under pressure and in a team.
• Willingness to rotate and work shifts and perform physical labour.
• It is a legal requirement to wear protective clothing.
• Added advantage: ABET Level 4 with 0–2 years’ experience and customer relations skills.

Duties

• Provide 24-hour portering services.
• Transport patients using wheelchairs and stretchers.
• Assist with transporting corpses to the mortuary when required.
• Ensure emergency stretchers and wheelchairs are ready at all times.
• Assist with loading and offloading patients from ambulances and vehicles.
• Take instructions from supervisors and participate in teamwork.

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

CLEANER

Reference Number: REFS/024311
Directorate: Logistics Department
Number of Posts: 51
Package: R138 486.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Ms D. Tsotetsi – Tel: 011 484 4025 / Ms L. Maseko – Tel: 011 488 3711

Requirements

• Grade 12. No experience required.
• Knowledge of cleaning procedures and equipment.
• Skills: Basic numeracy and literacy, good communication, sound human relations, ability to perform routine tasks and basic interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders.
• Ability to work under pressure and in a team.
• Willingness to rotate and work shifts and perform physical labour.
• It is a legal requirement to wear protective clothing.

Duties

• Clean floors, doors, walls, windows, beds, lockers and steps.
• Perform indoor and outdoor cleaning duties.
• Operate cleaning equipment such as polishing machines.
• Use cleaning chemicals appropriately.
• Assist with additional duties as delegated.

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Johannesburg Provincial Laundry
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

MESSENGER (MEDICAL RECORDS)

Reference Number: REFS/024314
Directorate: Finance
Number of Posts: 8
Package: R138 486.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Ms G. Netshiavha – Tel: 011 488 4380 / Ms L. Maseko – Tel: 011 488 3711

Requirements

• Grade 12. No experience required.
• Skills: Basic numeracy and literacy, good verbal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of a limited range of work procedures such as messenger services and working procedures in a working environment.
• Knowledge of elementary duties including courier services, planning and organizing skills, ability to perform routine tasks and basic interpersonal relationship skills.
• Knowledge of Batho Pele Principles.
• Added advantage: Willingness to work shifts and public holidays, ability to work in a team and under stressful conditions.

Duties

• Collect files from clinics, wards and casualty.
• Check and control that files are entered in the control register.
• Sign for files collected from wards.
• Do not accept loose documents and deliver files to relevant departments.
• Prepare ward files for casualty and Counter A and deliver accordingly.
• Rotate in various sections as required.

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

PROPERTY CARETAKER

Reference Number: REFS/024312
Directorate: Logistics Department
Number of Posts: 5
Package: R138 486.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Mr H.B. Ferreira – Tel: 011 488 4700 / Ms L. Maseko – Tel: 011 488 3711

Requirements

• Grade 12. No experience required.
• Knowledge of working procedures in a laundry working environment.
• Skills: Basic numeracy and literacy, good communication, sound human relations, ability to perform routine tasks and basic interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders.
• Ability to work under pressure and in a team.
• Willingness to rotate and work shifts and perform physical labour.
• It is a legal requirement to wear protective clothing.
• Added advantage: Two (2) years’ experience in industrial laundry and ability to engage in intensive labour production lines.

Duties

• Keep factory and trolleys clean.
• Assist with collecting, sorting and counting soiled and clean linen.
• Wash, iron, press, fold, pack and dispatch linen to clients.

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Johannesburg Provincial Laundry
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

FOOD SERVICE AID

Reference Number: REFS/024309
Directorate: Human Nutrition
Number of Posts: 10
Package: R138 486.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Ms Saskia Rodrigues – Tel: 011 488 3607 / Ms L. Maseko – Tel: 011 488 3711

Requirements

• Grade 12. No experience required.
• Knowledge of a limited range of work procedures in a food service environment.
• Skills: Basic numeracy, basic literacy, organizing ability, ability to perform routine tasks and basic interpersonal relationships.
• Communication skills for routine verbal exchanges and written notes or memos.
• Knowledge of Batho Pele Principles.
• Willingness to work shifts, public holidays, in a team and under stressful conditions.
• Added advantage: Previous experience in food preparation and diet knowledge in hospitals.

Duties

• Undergo orientation training in the cook-freeze meal system and adapted conventional cooking.
• Pack frozen plated meals and distribute food in crates.
• Assist with food preparation, cooking, salads, snacks, soups, porridges and fluid diets.
• Set ward kitchen trolleys and reconstitute frozen meals.
• Serve food and beverages to patients.
• Collect trolleys and dishes and wash dishes after meal service.
• Operate food service equipment and handle food supplies.
• Apply hygiene and safety measures and report waste and losses.
• Communicate with colleagues, supervisors, patients and hospital staff.
• Relieve in all food service areas when required and attend continuous training.

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

LINEN ASSISTANT (LINEN ROOM)

Reference Number: REFS/024306
Directorate: Logistics
Number of Posts: 1
Package: R138 486.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Mr K. Marole – Tel: 011 488 3615 / Mr A.K. Malanga – Tel: 011 488 3919

Requirements

• ABET Level 02 or equivalent qualification. No experience required.
• Added advantage: Grade 12 with 0–2 years’ experience in laundry services, good communication and writing skills, customer relations skills, problem solving ability, willingness to work shifts, team player and ability to work independently.
• Knowledge of working procedures in a laundry working environment.
• Skills: Basic numeracy and literacy, good communication, sound human relations, ability to perform routine tasks and basic interpersonal relationships.

Duties

• Receive clean linen from the main laundry.
• Sort and distribute clean linen to wards and clinics.
• Collect and sort soiled, infectious and contaminated linen according to colour-coded bags.
• Sluice heavily soiled linen and pack linen into bags.
• Ensure cleanliness of storerooms, linen rooms, trolleys and shelves.
• Ensure staff wear PPE and uniforms.
• Take instructions from the supervisor.

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

SECURITY GUARD

Reference Number: REFS/024304
Directorate: Logistics
Number of Posts: 5
Package: R 163 680.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Mr TM Paledi Tel: 011 488 3071 / Ms L Maseko Tel: 011 488 3711

Requirements

• Grade 12
• No experience required
• The following will be an added advantage: Basic Security Officer course; Basic Education and Training (NQF Level 03)
• Knowledge of Access Control procedures
• Knowledge of measures for the control and movement of equipment and stores
• Knowledge of prescribed security procedures (Access Control Act, Criminal Procedure Act, Protection of Information Act, MISS) and authority of security officers
• Knowledge of emergency procedures

Skills: Good communication skills; statement and report writing; interpersonal skills; client relationship management; problem solving; ability to keep sensitive matters confidential; professionalism; no criminal record

Duties

• Perform access control: confirm appointments, refer visitors, complete registers, escort visitors, conduct searches, prevent unauthorised objects, lock-up procedures, identify suspicious conduct, crowd control, and report breaches
• Ensure safety through patrols, identifying hazards, reporting leaks, checking lights, identifying suspicious objects, emergency support, assisting medical personnel, wearing uniform at all times
• Ensure equipment, documents and stores do not leave or enter the building without authorisation
• Perform control room duties, ensure equipment functionality, attend calls, update registers, report incidents, and ensure the control room is never left unattended

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

OPERATOR

Reference Number: REFS/024301
Directorate: Nursing Department
Number of Posts: 18
Package: R 163 680.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Mr GNB Moeng Tel: 011 488 3424 / Ms L Maseko Tel: 011 488 3711

Requirements

• Grade 12
• No experience required

Duties

• Receive unsterile packs from wards and check completeness
• Wash instruments; pack, autoclave and issue sterile packs
• Fold, pack and autoclave towels, gowns and small packs
• Handle cooled items and store in sterile area
• Cleaning and damp dusting in allocated department
• Effective utilisation of resources; adherence to IPC and OHS
• Report challenges to supervisor; perform delegated duties
• Damp dusting of trolleys, furniture, window seals, blinds, doors and scrubbing of walls

Notes

Applications must be submitted online at http://jobs.gauteng.gov.za with a completed Z83 form and updated CV. Selection processes apply.

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

STORES ASSISTANT

Reference Number: REFS/024295
Directorate: Supply Chain
Number of Posts: 1
Package: R 163 680.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Mr L Mpya Tel: 011 488 3571 / Ms L Maseko Tel: 011 488 3711

Requirements

• Grade 12
• No experience required
• Knowledge of basic work procedures, equipment and courier services
• Ability to physically move and distribute inventory
• Ability to work under pressure

Skills: Basic numeracy, communication, literacy, interpersonal skills, organising, ability to operate photocopy machines

Duties

• Distribute stock to hospital departments as requested
• Move assets in and out of wards and offices
• Assist with stock take and discrepancy investigations
• Housekeeping and packing of storerooms
• Manage receiving, storage and distribution of medical consumables
• Handle queries, deliver equipment, manage scrapped assets, and keep records

Notes

Online applications only at http://jobs.gauteng.gov.za with Z83 form and CV.

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

LAUNDRY SUPERVISOR

Reference Number: REFS/024285
Directorate: Johannesburg Laundry
Number of Posts: 10
Package: R 193 359.00 per annum (plus benefits)
Enquiries: Mr HP Van Zyl Tel: 011 484 2627 / Mr AK Malanga Tel: 011 488 3919

Requirements

• Grade 10 or ABET Level 04 qualification
• Computer literate
• Able to work under pressure and shifts including public holidays
• Good communication, numerical, organising and supervisory skills
• 3 years relevant experience

Duties

• Supervise laundry workers
• Assist with PMDS and IDC
• Prepare and distribute clean linen
• Oversee sorting, counting and cleaning of laundry areas
• Conduct meetings and perform delegated duties

Notes

Applications must be submitted online at http://jobs.gauteng.gov.za with Z83 and CV.

Employer: Department of Health
Location: Johannesburg Provincial Laundry
Closing Date: 24-12-2025

Notes

Applications must be submitted online at http://jobs.gauteng.gov.za. No hand-delivered, faxed or emailed applications will be accepted. Submit a completed and signed new Z83 form and a recently updated comprehensive CV. Shortlisted candidates will be requested to submit certified documents. Personnel suitability checks and medical surveillance may apply. The Department promotes representivity. Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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