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Step into a Medical Records Clerk role in Port Shepstone and make your mark across KwaZulu-Natal. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
What This Role Involves
An experienced Medical Records Clerk is needed to support operations in Port Shepstone. The role forms part of how the business keeps its health jobs portfolio strong in KwaZulu-Natal.
The role suits a candidate who values consistency and clear communication. The Port Shepstone operation runs on accurate work, steady relationships and a genuine respect for the people in the team.
Internal documentation, process notes and shared playbooks make it easier for the Medical Records Clerk 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.
Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Port Shepstone teams, and the new Medical Records Clerk will feel that from the first week.
Diversity and Inclusion
Beyond that, the organisation supports a respectful workplace. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates across KwaZulu-Natal, and recruitment is intended to be fair and transparent.
Beyond that, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for KwaZulu-Natal.
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.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Port Shepstone.
Why Join Us
Beyond that, the hiring organisation may provide onboarding or skills development for this health jobs role in Port Shepstone; the available support will be confirmed in the final vacancy details for KwaZulu-Natal.
Notably, 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.
Importantly, the role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.
The Environment
Importantly, 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.
On top of that, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in KwaZulu-Natal.
Crucially, 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.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Port Shepstone site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
About the Team
You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the health jobs side of the business inside out. The Port Shepstone group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
On top of that, the team structure and working relationships for this role in Port Shepstone will be explained during the hiring process.
Day in the Life
On top of that, 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.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Port Shepstone.
Practically speaking, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when KwaZulu-Natal operations throw up the unexpected.
In addition, the Port Shepstone office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
Core Functions
- Respond appropriately to medical emergencies and code calls
- Support quality improvement audits and clinical governance reviews
- Mentor student nurses and junior staff during their rotations
- Administer prescribed medications and document treatments accurately
- Monitor vital signs and escalate clinical concerns to the attending clinician
- Support infection prevention and control protocols across the unit
- Liaise with medical aids and process pre-authorisations where required
- Maintain accurate clinical records in line with SANC and POPIA
Candidate Profile
- Any checks required by law or the specific duties will be explained during the hiring process
- Willingness to work shifts, weekends and public holidays as required
- Strong patient-centred communication and interpersonal skills
- Proven clinical experience appropriate to the level advertised
- Computer literacy and experience with electronic health records
- Commitment to ongoing CPD and clinical learning
- Sound clinical judgement and ability to work calmly under pressure
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.