General Worker: Stores

Chief Directorate: Metro Health Services
Salary: R138,486 per annum
Centre: New Somerset Hospital

Requirements

• Minimum Requirement: Basic numeracy and literacy skills.
• Experience: Appropriate experience in a warehouse environment.
• Competencies (Knowledge/Skills):
  • Ability to work in a team.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to lift heavy boxes/bags, equipment, and to pack and transport items to various locations within the hospital.
  • Willingness to assist with stock-taking.
  • Knowledge of hospital consumable items.
  • Knowledge of warehouse layout.

Duties

• Assist storekeepers with handling stock.
• Receive and issue goods.
• Deliver store stock to end-users.
• Rotate store stock (first in, first out).
• Perform messenger duties between stores and other hospital departments when required.
• Clean various stores and non-storage areas within the main stores.
• Assist in other stores when required.
• Perform ad-hoc duties as required.

Enquiries

Contact: Mr R Willemse
Tel: (021) 402-6459

Applications

Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”).

Note

• No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post.
• Candidates will be subjected to a written/practical and oral assessment.
• The pool of applicants will be considered for other similar vacant posts within the Chief Directorate: Metro Health Services for a period of 3 months from the date of the advert.

Closing Date

01 August 2025