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This is a current vacancy. Role: Physiotherapy Assistant. Location: Centurion, Gauteng. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
About the Opportunity
The Physiotherapy Assistant position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Gauteng. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Centurion and across the health jobs space.
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.
Importantly, the role has been written to be sustainable, not just busy. Strong output is expected, and managers in Centurion also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.
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 Centurion teams, and the new Physiotherapy Assistant will feel that from the first week.
Your Workplace
Equally, 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 Centurion site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Crucially, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in Gauteng.
Equally, 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.
Meet the Team
You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the health jobs side of the business inside out. The Centurion 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.
Equally, the team structure and working relationships for this role in Centurion will be explained during the hiring process.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
Why This Role
In addition, you will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Centurion colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the health jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.
Crucially, 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.
Equally, the package, working arrangements and any available support will be confirmed by the hiring organisation for this vacancy.
About Centurion
Working in Centurion means a place well-connected by Gautrain and major arterials, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Gauteng region, and the Centurion office benefits from those long-standing connections.
Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Centurion, Gauteng.
Many candidates already living within reach of Centurion cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Gauteng economy.
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 Centurion.
Day in the Life
Crucially, 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.
Beyond that, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Gauteng operations throw up the unexpected.
Beyond that, the Centurion 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.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Centurion.
Key Outputs
- Liaise with medical aids and process pre-authorisations where required
- Operate and care for clinical equipment in line with manufacturer guidelines
- Assist with admissions, discharges and patient transfers
- Mentor student nurses and junior staff during their rotations
- Maintain accurate clinical records in line with SANC and POPIA
- Administer prescribed medications and document treatments accurately
- Support quality improvement audits and clinical governance reviews
- Monitor vital signs and escalate clinical concerns to the attending clinician
Candidate Profile
- Empathy, integrity and respect for patient dignity
- Computer literacy and experience with electronic health records
- Working knowledge of POPIA as it applies to patient information
- Willingness to work shifts, weekends and public holidays as required
- Relevant clinical qualification from a recognised institution
- Sound clinical judgement and ability to work calmly under pressure
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.