Caregiver

This is a current vacancy. Role: Caregiver. Location: Margate, KwaZulu-Natal. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

The Role

The Caregiver position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across KwaZulu-Natal. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Margate and across the health jobs space.

Equally, the organisation keeps reporting lines clean and expectations realistic. Performance is measured against a small, agreed set of metrics, and there are no surprise yardsticks for the Caregiver taking on this position.

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 Margate much easier.

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 Margate.

Your Workplace

Notably, 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.

In addition, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in KwaZulu-Natal.

Notably, 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 Margate site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

Why Join Us

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

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

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

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

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 Margate.

Beyond that, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for KwaZulu-Natal.

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

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.

Based in Margate

Beyond that, the role is based in Margate, along the lush KZN North Coast. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Margate and the broader KwaZulu-Natal region.

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 Margate.

Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal.

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

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with admissions, discharges and patient transfers
• Monitor vital signs and escalate clinical concerns to the attending clinician
• Maintain accurate clinical records in line with SANC and POPIA
• Provide compassionate, patient-centred care in line with scope of practice
• Maintain a clean, safe and welcoming clinical environment
• Participate in multi-disciplinary ward rounds and care planning

What You’ll Need

• Working knowledge of POPIA as it applies to patient information
• Computer literacy and experience with electronic health records
• Willingness to work shifts, weekends and public holidays as required
• Demonstrated ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams
• Up-to-date immunisations as required by occupational health policy
• Strong patient-centred communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong infection prevention and control awareness

Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.