Ward Clerk | High care
- Function
- Finance/Administration
- Facility
- Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital
- Position
- Ward Clerk | High care
- Introduction
-
A vacancy has arisen for a Ward Clerk position reporting to the High Care Unit Manager. The successful candidate will contribute towards the optimal functioning of the nursing team through effective: interdepartmental liaising, communication, and administrative support to the nursing team.
- Critical Outputs
-
- Proven ability to communicate and interact with all levels of personnel with tact and diplomacy
- Flexibility in judgment to assess and deal judiciously with multiple, competing work demands
- Maintain schedules and calendars. Plan and organize meetings &coordinate external visitors
- Sound knowledge of medical stock, and billing
- Perform secretarial and stocks controller’s duties as per job description.
- Good Telephone Etiquette.
- Perform administrative support including ordering supplies and patient billing.
- Must be able to work with high value products and accuracy with regards to billing.
- Requirements
-
- At least 2-year experience in a ward administrative/ stock controller capacity, (Hospital experience will be an added advantage)
- Matric
- Excellent Computer literacy (word, excel, PowerPoint, email, Microsoft etc)
- Knowledge of hospital systems( e.g. SAP, Impilo,etc) will be an advantage
- Customer service experience
- Competencies
-
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication and presentation
- Influencing
- Drive & energy
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Leading my example
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
- Candace.lottering@lifehealthcare.co.za
- Closing date
- Friday, September 18, 2026
Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.
Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert, should consider their application as unsuccessful.