PORTER

Department of Health

Reference number: ECHEALTH/POR/ORTDO/ES/175/07/2026
Salary: R144 024 - R169 656 per annum (Level 02)
Centre: OR Tambo District
Province: Eastern Cape
Closing date: 31 July 2026
Circular: No 25 of 2026

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Requirements

NQF level 3 (Grade 10 certificate or equivalent) with no experience. Good verbal and written communication skills. Must be willing to work shifts and under pressure. Sound knowledge of Customer care.

Duties

Provision of hospital and patient support services: Wheel patients to and from the wards. Transport patients to various service areas e.g. operating theatre. Transport patients to vehicles or other transportation. Collect and transport corpses to the mortuary. Deliver equipment, stores and documentation to wards and other departments. Collect and deliver specimens. Offloading of patients from ambulance and private cars to the stretchers. Cleaning of stretchers and wheelchairs after usage at all times. Report all faulty or broken equipment to your supervisor immediately. Render mortuary services: Receive corpses – record date and time received and released. Store corpses in the cool room. Release and keep record of corpses handed over to next of kin. Load and off-load corpses. Keep proper identification and maintain accuracy of records in the field of work. Maintain equipment clean equipment. Safe keeping of equipment.

Where to send your application

Applications must be submitted as follows: via the provincial e-recruitment system accessible at: https://ecprov.gov.za and/or at https://erecruitment.ecotp.gov.za The Provincial e-Recruitment System is available 24/7 and closes at 23: 59 on the Closing Date. To report any e- Recruitment System challenges send an email with your (i) ID Number, (ii) profile email address, (iii) details of your issue to: erecruitment@agriculture.gov.za Do not send any applications to this email address; should you do so, your applications/ CV will be regarded as lost and will not be considered. Technical support is limited to working hours: (08:00-16:30 Mon-Thursday and 08:00- 16:00 on Friday). Hand-delivered/ E-Mailed/ Faxed/ Posted applications will not be accepted.

Enquiries

Ms A Sokutu Tel No: (047) 502 9000 or Enquiries: Anda.Sokutu@echealth.gov.za

Taken from Public Service Vacancy Circular 25 of 2026, published by the Department of Public Service and Administration on 17 July 2026. Open the PDF to check this post against the original. Last checked 30 July 2026.

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