Physiotherapy Assistant

This is a current vacancy. Role: Physiotherapy Assistant. Location: Boksburg, 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 Boksburg and across the health jobs space.

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 Boksburg team.

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 Boksburg.

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 Boksburg teams, and the new Physiotherapy Assistant will feel that from the first week.

Internal documentation, process notes and shared playbooks make it easier for the Physiotherapy Assistant 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.

Why Join Us

Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Boksburg contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the health jobs space in Gauteng.

Beyond that, 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 Boksburg keep progressing.

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 Gauteng.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Boksburg teams.

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 Boksburg.

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

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Gauteng.

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.

Career Growth

Equally, this role can grow with you. Strong performers in the health jobs team in Boksburg have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.

Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Boksburg team member.

On top of that, internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Boksburg have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Gauteng.

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

Meet the Team

Equally, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Boksburg office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when Gauteng operations get busy.

Equally, the team mix in Boksburg reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

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.

Day in the Life

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.

Crucially, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Gauteng operations throw up the unexpected.

Practically speaking, the Boksburg 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 Boksburg.

Your Workplace

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.

A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Gauteng. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Boksburg site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

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.

Key Outputs

• Respond appropriately to medical emergencies and code calls
• Manage stock levels of consumables and report shortages timeously
• Assist with admissions, discharges and patient transfers
• Educate patients and families on treatment plans and self-care
• Participate in multi-disciplinary ward rounds and care planning
• Mentor student nurses and junior staff during their rotations
• Provide compassionate, patient-centred care in line with scope of practice

Essential Criteria

• Proven clinical experience appropriate to the level advertised
• Willingness to work shifts, weekends and public holidays as required
• Demonstrated ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams
• Clear criminal record verified through approved screening
• Relevant clinical qualification from a recognised institution
• BLS, ACLS or PALS certification where applicable to the role
• Working knowledge of POPIA as it applies to patient information

If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.