Work-Force
Listing live now. Role: Medical Records Clerk. Location: Bethlehem, Free State. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
About the Opportunity
An experienced Medical Records Clerk is needed to support operations in Bethlehem. The role forms part of how the business keeps its health jobs portfolio strong in Free State.
Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Bethlehem team.
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 Bethlehem much easier.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Medical Records Clerk is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Free State is consistently high and consistently fair.
Why This Role
The company invests in the people who join it. From structured onboarding to ongoing skills development, you will find clear paths to grow your career in health jobs from your base in Bethlehem. Many colleagues across Free State have moved into senior roles after starting in positions just like this one.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Bethlehem teams.
Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Free State.
Equally, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Bethlehem keep progressing.
Diversity and Inclusion
Inclusion is a core part of how the team operates. This is an equal-opportunity employer, and candidates from all communities — including women, youth and persons living with disabilities — are encouraged to apply for this role in Bethlehem.
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.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Free State.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Bethlehem.
Where You’ll Work
Beyond that, 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 Bethlehem site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Beyond that, 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.
A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Free State. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.
A Typical Day
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.
On top of that, the Bethlehem 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.
Equally, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Free State operations throw up the unexpected.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Bethlehem.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Support quality improvement audits and clinical governance reviews
- Liaise with medical aids and process pre-authorisations where required
- Support infection prevention and control protocols across the unit
- Educate patients and families on treatment plans and self-care
- Mentor student nurses and junior staff during their rotations
- Maintain accurate clinical records in line with SANC and POPIA
Essential Criteria
- Clear criminal record verified through approved screening
- Commitment to ongoing CPD and clinical learning
- Computer literacy and experience with electronic health records
- Sound clinical judgement and ability to work calmly under pressure
- Proven clinical experience appropriate to the level advertised
- Demonstrated ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams
- Strong infection prevention and control awareness
Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.