Caregiver

A Caregiver position is being filled in Richards Bay. Suitable candidates from across KwaZulu-Natal are invited to submit their applications for review.

What This Role Involves

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 Richards Bay and across the health jobs space.

Crucially, the successful applicant is given the room to plan, deliver and review their work without unnecessary noise. The organisation has built its Richards Bay team on trust, and the Caregiver role will feel that from week one.

Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Caregiver is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in KwaZulu-Natal is consistently high and consistently fair.

Your Future Here

Career progression for this health jobs role in Richards Bay depends on the hiring organisation’s policies, role requirements and business needs in KwaZulu-Natal.

Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Richards Bay have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across KwaZulu-Natal.

Why Join Us

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

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

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

Your Role

• Assist with admissions, discharges and patient transfers
• Maintain a clean, safe and welcoming clinical environment
• Respond appropriately to medical emergencies and code calls
• Educate patients and families on treatment plans and self-care
• Support infection prevention and control protocols across the unit
• Liaise with medical aids and process pre-authorisations where required

Essential Criteria

• Computer literacy and experience with electronic health records
• Strong infection prevention and control awareness
• Working knowledge of POPIA as it applies to patient information
• Empathy, integrity and respect for patient dignity
• BLS, ACLS or PALS certification where applicable to the role

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