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Role: Healthcare Administrator. Location: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
About This Position
The Healthcare Administrator vacancy forms part of how the Pietermaritzburg branch keeps performing. It pairs day-to-day delivery with longer-running priorities that keep the health jobs side of the business moving forward.
Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.
Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the health jobs group in Pietermaritzburg.
Your Workplace
On top of that, the environment is clinical, regulated and patient-centred. Shift work, infection control protocols and clear scope-of-practice boundaries are part of every working day.
A respectful, professional environment is the standard in KwaZulu-Natal. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.
Equally, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.
Based in Pietermaritzburg
Working in Pietermaritzburg means a place minutes from King Shaka International Airport, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the KwaZulu-Natal region, and the Pietermaritzburg office benefits from those long-standing connections.
If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Pietermaritzburg.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with admissions, discharges and patient transfers
- Operate and care for clinical equipment in line with manufacturer guidelines
- Support quality improvement audits and clinical governance reviews
- Support infection prevention and control protocols across the unit
- Maintain accurate clinical records in line with SANC and POPIA
- Educate patients and families on treatment plans and self-care
- Monitor vital signs and escalate clinical concerns to the attending clinician
Minimum Requirements
- Clear criminal record verified through approved screening
- Sound clinical judgement and ability to work calmly under pressure
- Commitment to ongoing CPD and clinical learning
- Willingness to work shifts, weekends and public holidays as required
- Strong patient-centred communication and interpersonal skills
- Up-to-date immunisations as required by occupational health policy
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.