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Looking for your next move as a Occupational Health Practitioner in Odendaalsrus? A role has just opened that gives you real responsibility and a clear path forward in Free State.
About This Position
This Occupational Health Practitioner role sits within the health jobs function in Odendaalsrus. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Free State.
Communication runs both ways. Managers across the health jobs team in Free State make time for one-to-ones, and people are expected to speak up early when something needs attention.
Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the health jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Odendaalsrus much easier.
Why This Role
You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Odendaalsrus colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the health jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Odendaalsrus teams.
Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Free State.
Our Commitment to Transformation
Diverse teams build stronger workplaces. Applications are welcome from candidates of every background, language and community across Free State, and recruitment is fair, transparent and aligned with the EE Act.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Free State.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Odendaalsrus.
A Typical Day
Notably, you start your shift with a thorough handover, picking up patient histories, treatment plans and any concerns from the previous team. The morning is paced but purposeful — vital signs, medication rounds, bedside conversations — and you’re constantly switching between clinical tasks and the very human work of reassuring patients and families. Multi-disciplinary rounds give you a chance to advocate for your patients, and by the time you hand over again, you have done meaningful work that makes a real difference to the people in your care.
The rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Free State operations throw up the unexpected.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Odendaalsrus.
Key Responsibilities
- Liaise with medical aids and process pre-authorisations where required
- Manage stock levels of consumables and report shortages timeously
- Educate patients and families on treatment plans and self-care
- Administer prescribed medications and document treatments accurately
- Provide compassionate, patient-centred care in line with scope of practice
- Assist with admissions, discharges and patient transfers
- Support infection prevention and control protocols across the unit
Candidate Profile
- Demonstrated ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams
- Strong patient-centred communication and interpersonal skills
- Commitment to ongoing CPD and clinical learning
- Sound clinical judgement and ability to work calmly under pressure
- BLS, ACLS or PALS certification where applicable to the role
- Clear criminal record verified through approved screening
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.