Phlebotomist

Bring your skills as a Phlebotomist to Butterworth and join a team that moves fast. This Eastern Cape role is one to watch.

About This Position

This Phlebotomist role sits within the health jobs function in Butterworth. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Eastern Cape.

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 Butterworth.

Internal documentation, process notes and shared playbooks make it easier for the Phlebotomist to step into the health jobs workflow quickly. Institutional knowledge is well-organised, so people are not reinventing the wheel from one week to the next.

Our Commitment to Transformation

Inclusive recruitment is part of the organisation’s employment practices. Applicants are assessed on relevant qualifications, skills and experience for this role in Butterworth.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Notably, inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Butterworth.

The hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for Eastern Cape.

Where You’ll Work

In addition, 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.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Butterworth site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

Notably, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in Eastern Cape.

Importantly, 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.

Why This Role

You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Butterworth colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the health jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.

Equally, the role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.

Importantly, the package, working arrangements and any available support will be confirmed by the hiring organisation for this vacancy.

Career development may be available depending on the role, business needs and the hiring organisation’s policies.

About Butterworth

Butterworth continues to grow as an employment hub in Eastern Cape, with along the Sunshine Coast tourism belt. This role gives you a foothold in one of its busier business communities, with access to the local services, suppliers and partners that keep the work moving.

Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Butterworth, Eastern Cape.

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 Butterworth.

Many candidates already living within reach of Butterworth cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Eastern Cape economy.

Key Outputs

• Provide compassionate, patient-centred care in line with scope of practice
• Educate patients and families on treatment plans and self-care
• Monitor vital signs and escalate clinical concerns to the attending clinician
• Assist with admissions, discharges and patient transfers
• Respond appropriately to medical emergencies and code calls

What You’ll Need

• Strong patient-centred communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to ongoing CPD and clinical learning
• Current registration with SANC or relevant professional body
• Any checks required by law or the specific duties will be explained during the hiring process
• Relevant clinical qualification from a recognised institution
• Working knowledge of POPIA as it applies to patient information

Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.