114 Healthcare Assistants jobs in South Africa

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant within our busy Colposcopy unit at Wycombe Hospital, part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

You will be part of a leading service for early cervical cancer detection in Buckinghamshire. A colposcopy is often performed following abnormal cervical screening results caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which can lead to cervical cancer.

1. Ensure clinics are prepared and ready to provide efficient, professional services.
2. Communicate with patients and visitors to promote comfort and well-being.
3. Coordinate with team members and respond appropriately.
4. Perform basic observations: blood pressure, pulse, height, weight, urinalysis, and accurately record results.
5. Assist with specimen collection for laboratory analysis and forward specimens as directed.
6. Act as a chaperone when required to protect patient and colleague interests, maintaining patient dignity and privacy.
7. Advocate for patients.
8. Manage own workload and prioritize tasks.
9. Assist with manual handling and patient transfers in accordance with Trust policies.
10. Report accidents or incidents to the nurse in charge and complete necessary documentation.
11. Guide patients to other wards or departments as needed.

Listen to why colleagues think we’re a great place to work:

What Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offers:

• Opportunities for learning and career development.
• Flexible and agile working options.
• Generous annual leave, pension scheme, and NHS discounts.
• Health and wellbeing services.

Why work for us?

• We promote inclusion and diversity, encouraging applicants from all backgrounds.
• We value differences and promote dignity and respect among colleagues.
• We support the Armed Forces community.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work. Our mission is to deliver personal and compassionate care. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable.

For detailed responsibilities and duties, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the advert.

Internal applicants may consider secondment with line manager support. For assistance with the application process due to disability, contact with the vacancy reference.

This advert closes on Friday, 25 July 2025.

We are looking to recruit 2x Graduates on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract within the Healthcare department of Clicks Retailers. These roles will be based at the Clicks Head Office in Cape Town.

While in the program, participants will:

• Develop an understanding of the retail industry and services Clicks offers to its customers.
• Receive ongoing training and development through mentorships, job shadowing, and on-the-job experience.
• Collaborate with experienced developers and technical teams on exciting projects.
• Be exposed to different areas of the business to broaden technical knowledge.
• Build relationships through networking.

Graduates will gain exposure to the following areas, but not limited to:

• Retail store operations.
• Supply chain and logistics.
• Marketing and eCommerce.
• Merchandise buying.

What applicants can expect:

• Competitive and selective process.
• If selected, participants will be required to attend orientation at Head Office in Woodstock, Cape Town.
• Participants must be willing to travel to different areas for learning exposure.
• Relocation may be required depending on where the candidate is located.

Qualifications:

• BCom Degree in Retail, Purchasing Management, or similar from a recognised HET/University.

Knowledge:

• Procurement and Supply Chain.
• Retail Management.
• Market trends and competitor analysis.
• Financial planning and budgets.
• Sales and Margin Management.

Skills & Abilities:

• Numeracy and analytical skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to follow rules and procedures.
• Ability to work with people/in a team.

Competency requirements:

• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations.
• Adhering to Principles and Values.
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks.
• Planning and Organising.
• Following Instructions and Procedures.

Additional requirements:

• Currently unemployed.
• Ability to commit to the 12-month programme.
• South African citizen.
• Aged between 18 and 29 years.

Our client, a world-renowned BPO in Cape Town , is looking for Healthcare Customer Advisors to join their growing team.

As a Healthcare Customer Advisor, you will handle mainly inbound inquiries. Ensure a positive customer experience and maintain an in-depth knowledge of customer needs.

• Address incoming telephone, digital, or written inquiries
• Assist customers with complex benefit questions, resolve issues, and educate healthcare members
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail and complex problem-solving skills
• Exhibit effective communication, empathy, and motivational skills
• Must have a National Senior Certificate (Matric Certificate)
• Must have a clear credit record (non-negotiable)
• Must have a clear criminal record (non-negotiable)
• Must be willing to work night shifts (non-negotiable)
• Must have at least 1 year of unbroken call centre experience from UK or USA markets
• Healthcare industry experience is an advantage
• Familiarity with basic medical terminology and concepts used in US health insurance
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with CEF Level B2

• Basic salary: R 7900
• Working hours: Monday to Friday, 14h00 - 02h00
• Night shift allowance: R 1000
• Medical aid contribution: R 764
• Free transport to home within 35 km radius from CBD

Based in Cape Town, CBD

Surgo (Pty) Ltd is committed to employment equity and diversity. We encourage applications from people with disabilities and from diverse backgrounds. Due to high application volume, if you do not receive feedback within three months, please consider your application unsuccessful and reapply.

Your CV will be kept on our database for future vacancies. If you do not wish us to retain your CV, please email

Customer Experience, Healthcare, Communication, Basic Customer Service, Insurance

Overview

Our client in the healthcare industry is seeking a Theatre Manager to join their team. The successful candidate will lead and coordinate the theatre complex in line with critical protocols and the company's strategic objectives.

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12/Matric
• Post-basic theatre qualification or diploma
• Current registration with SANC as a Professional Nurse
• 5+ years of relevant theatre experience in a managerial capacity
• A relevant management qualification is an advantage
• Effective clinical leadership skills
• Computer literacy

Job Responsibilities

• Manage stock effectively by reviewing inventory control reports and maintaining stock levels
• Implement formulary changes, product conversions, and improvement initiatives
• Communicate with theatre staff and doctors to ensure formulary compliance
• Restrict supplier access into theatre, ensuring procedures are followed
• Optimize theatre utilization through effective scheduling
• Reduce overtime by updating shift schedules and call lists
• Provide strong leadership and support change initiatives
• Develop staffing plans with the nursing team to recruit qualified staff
• Inspire positive work behavior and provide direction in theatre
• Create learning opportunities aligned with staff career goals and succession planning
• Manage performance through regular reviews and reward top performers
• Ensure accurate processing of employee compensation and benefits
• Maintain sound employee relations and compliance with IR policies
• Promote employee wellness and work-life balance
• Build effective relationships with doctors, addressing their needs promptly
• Ensure quality systems are maintained, focusing on patient safety and ISO compliance
• Participate in clinical, operational, and risk management meetings
• Contribute to budgeting and Capex planning

Key Competencies / Skills

• Problem-solving, analysis, and judgment
• Resilience
• Diversity engagement
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills
• Influencing skills
• Orientation towards excellence
• Action-oriented approach
• Relationship building
• Customer responsiveness
• Organizational awareness
• Leading by example
• Motivating and developing staff

The main purpose of the role

The Executive Chef is responsible for overseeing, planning, and managing food preparation in the commercial kitchen(s). They are the Key Leaders of the operations. The skills that the individuals perform include a range of duties including planning menus, training new staff, and recording inventory.

The Executive Chef is responsible for planning and directing food preparation in kitchens in collaboration with the Sous Chefs and Team. This involves a large degree of managing other kitchen staff, as well as keeping an eye out for problems that arise in the kitchen and seizing control of a situation at a moment’s notice. Proactive Management is the Key.

Required minimum education and work experience.

• Matric qualification is preferable.
• 5-10 years of proven experience as Executive Chef
• Desirable overseeing more than one outlet,
• Degree in Culinary science or related certificate/ diploma
• Staff Compliment of over 50 to 100 employees.

• Own Car and Drivers Licence Essential

Key Performance Areas

Management of Food Preparation and Presentation

• Directing food preparation in collaboration with the team and management.
• Taking responsibility for more technical elements of cuisine.
• Provides quality plates and meals, including in both design and taste.
• Responsible for the smooth running of both kitchen departments.
• Developing unique and appropriate menus with new or existing creations ensuring a variety and quality of the servings
• Timeous production of quality food at an optimal cost under hygienic conditions
• Assisting and directing kitchen staff in meal preparation, creation, plating, and delivery
• Ensuring proper portion control is always managed.
• Supervising all food preparation daily

Management of Kitchen

• Leadership of the Kitchens
• Managing the kitchen staff, schedule management, and handling disciplinary and HR issues.
• Being the voice of the kitchen when communicating with servers
• Maintaining the kitchen and all surrounding areas in conditions that meet the company standards and health regulations
• Ensure kitchen equipment is maintained and functioning at all times
• Ensure staff have required utensils
• Ensure all kitchen staff is wearing the correct uniform at all times

Inventory and Costing Management

• Identify ways to reduce spoilage/waste of infrequently used items.
• Assists with menu planning, inventory, and management of supplies.
• Monitoring inventory and only purchasing supplies and food from approved suppliers together with the office administrator and head chef
• Ensure stock levels are sufficient and new stock is ordered timeously following company procedure and providing relevant reports thereof.
• Daily Tiebacks conducted and signed off.
• Must have Knowledge and understanding of Budget Management

Leadership

• Have Leadership skills that will allow operations to run in case of absence.
• Ensure respectful communications with customers and suppliers when handling queries.
• Ensure good relationships and teamwork is maintained with staff and aid resolve queries.
• Ensure good relationships exist with suppliers, customers, intercompany departments, and related parties.
• The Head Chef leads a team of chefs in cooking and preparing meals, including checking food quality and overseeing cooking techniques.

Human Capital Management

• Conduct bi-annual performance reviews with staff members under your supervision
• Ensure staff morale is maintained and improved over time
• Identify, support, and raise staff training needs
• Execute staff disciplinary processes as per Company policy
• Determine required staff complement per shift to meet the demands of the business together with the admin department.

Occupational Health and Safety

• Responsible to enforce the Company’s OH&S policies and procedures daily.
• Experience in the ISO22000 management of a Kitchen
• Ensure staff is trained in all OH&S aspects and adheres to the requirements.
• Identify risk areas to ensure all OH&S regulations are adhered to
• Completing food hygiene documents to comply with the law and writing environmental health reports when necessary.

Reporting Structure

• This role has a matrix reporting structure to the Project Manager, Regional Manager, and General Manager

Empact Group is committed to Employment Equity in line with legislation and will give first preference to candidates as per Equity requirements.

By applying for a role within Empact Group (Proprietary) Limited, all Personal Information that you provide to the Company will be held and/ or stored securely for the purpose of recruitment. Your Personal Information will be stored electronically in a database. Where appropriate, some information may be retained in hard copy. In either event, storage will be secure and audited regularly regarding the safety and security of the information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPI”).

Job Purpose:

Reporting to the Healthcare Manager, the successful applicant will provide an effective and efficient conduit between the company and the client (employer groups and members) by building employer and member relationships, medical aid reporting, reviews, and training at large employer groups. Responsibilities include resolving employee queries, giving advice on alternative medical insurance options, resolving claims queries, processing applications, providing billing information, and coordinating wellness initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Identifying new business opportunities within the client base, as well as growing the client base through new accounts.

• Onsite visits and induction/ongoing training/presentation to clients.
• Assist clients with the application process.
• Assist clients with queries.
• Arrange and attend Wellness days.
• Ensure CRM data is up to date and accurate.
• Year-end and ad hoc client presentations.
• Present wellness event reports to clients.
• Identifying and providing leads to colleagues in other service lines in the company.
• Keeping up to date with provider amendments.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12 / NQF5 qualification.
• 3 years healthcare specific experience.
• Systems, policy, and financial services industry knowledge.
• FSB registration preference (RE5).
• FAIS/FICA compliant.
• CMS registration.
• Ability to do presentations to clients.
• Excellent computer literacy and knowledge of MS Office – Excel, Word.
• Own car and valid driver's license.

Recommended Requirements:

• NQF5 in Wealth Management.

Competencies:

• Communication skills – verbal and written.
• Planning and organizing skills.
• Team-player.
• Ability to work independently.
• Resilience.

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

We are looking to recruit a Category Manager to work within the Health department of Clicks. The role will be based at Clicks Head Office in Cape Town and will report to the Portfolio Manager.

Job Purpose:

To achieve and exceed the category financial targets through the successful development and implementation of a category operating plan by actively cultivating, developing and maintaining vendor relationships in line with the business objectives.

Job Objectives:

1. To develop an annual category operating plan in line with the strategic category brief and lead the category team to achieve the category operating plan targets.
2. To negotiate multi-category trading terms and promotional spend (co-op) and actively cultivate and develop vendor relationships and partnerships to ensure vendor performance and first to market with new product launches.
3. To negotiate and select promotional products and price to meet the promotional category sales and margin targets, whilst ensuring that the day-to-day sales and margin targets are met.
4. To translate the operating and financial plans into a balanced product assortment and on-shelf layout to meet the customers’ needs.
5. To drive exclusive brands thereby creating product differentiation and innovation to increase market share and profitability.
6. To manage the achievement of Private Label targets, thereby creating product differentiation, innovation and brand loyalty to increase market share and profitability.
7. To sign off and approve the category financial plan to achieve the divisional financial plan.
8. To define the category pricing and promotions strategy to ensure we meet the customer’s needs and remain competitive in the market.
9. To accelerate the growth of the Sports Supplements category in line with the business objectives.

Qualifications and Experience:

1. 2-5 years’ experience in Retail Buying is essential.
2. People management is essential.
3. Diploma in Purchasing/Retail/Marketing/Financial Management is desirable.
4. 2-5 years’ experience in FMCG category desirable.

Skills, Abilities and Job Related Knowledge:

1. Knowledge and understanding of the buying business processes.
2. Good understanding of developing a category operating plan and identifying strategic opportunities.
3. Knowledge of market trends and competitor analysis.
4. Knowledge and understanding of assortment management.
5. Knowledge and understanding of supplier co-op negotiations and trading terms.
6. Knowledge of financial planning.
7. Knowledge of Sports, Slimming and Nutrition products.
8. Formulating Strategies and Concepts.
9. Analyzing.
10. Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking.
11. Relating and Networking.
12. Planning and Organizing.
13. Deciding and Initiating Action.
14. Learning and Researching.

About the job Business Analyst (HealthCare)

Position(s) are available at both an Associate (3 years relevant experience) and a Senior (8+ years experience) level.

Job purpose:

Understand the business requirements and through structure process documenting, validating and translating it into functional specifications that are used by technical experts to craft analytical solution. Ensure robust process and business documentation is maintained and update to date inline with product road maps. Building strong relationships across a range of teams involved in analytical delivery.

Core responsibilitiesinclude:

• Facilitate the development of a business case by working with analytical product owners
• Documenting and understanding client requirements using the Customer Requirements Specification (CRS)
• Designing and validating functional solutions by interpreting the CRS into a set of Product Requirements Specifications (PRS)
• Demonstrate GUI prototypes, to validate the designs
• Propose solutions by reviewing the approved CRS and PRS
• Assist project managers and owners by updating and reporting on progress and managing delivery, and if required, conduct a Post Implementation Review (PIR)
• Ensure testing of solutions by applying the test basket
• Update and publish release notes related to changes, maintain and update all related documentation, and perform live monitoring if the new systems during go-live
• Respond to incidents and conduct preliminary analysis of issues
• Document the SLA
• Participate in internal delivery forums

• Communication skills across a wide range of stakeholders
• Ability to work cohesively in a team environment with key focus on the data
• High level of attention to detail, resilience, enthusiasm, energy and drive
• Positive, can-do attitude focused on continuous improvement
• Ability to take and provide feedback to drive improved delivery
• Ability to problem-solve and execute solutions

• Informatics or relevant degree, or similar
• Experience in healthcare technology is preferred
• 8+ years experience as a Business Analyst
• Understanding of analytical and solution architecture on cloud.
• Business/process mapping
• Understanding of patient health management, provider profiling, healthcare reporting, and other key healthcare technologies etc.
• Understanding of clinical tools including coders, groupers, and classifications
• Understanding of data science in the healthcare space
• Understanding of healthcare benefit pricing, product pricing and other actuarial calculations (reserving, risk rating, etc.)
• Understanding of fraud and operations environment

• Informatics or relevant degree, or similar (Honours degree preferred).
• Experience in healthcare technology is preferred

My client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Microsoft Dynamics Consultant to join their team in the Healthcare industry. As a Dynamics Consultant, you will be responsible for implementing, configuring, and optimizing Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of healthcare organizations. Your expertise in Microsoft Dynamics, coupled with your deep understanding of the healthcare industry, will play a crucial role in helping our clients streamline their operations and enhance their patient care.

• Collaborate with healthcare organizations to understand their business processes, challenges, and goals.
• Design and configure Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions to meet the specific requirements of healthcare clients, including but not limited to: patient management, scheduling, electronic health records (EHR), billing, and reporting.
• Conduct business process analysis and recommend best practices to improve efficiency, accuracy, and compliance within healthcare organizations.
• Customize and extend Microsoft Dynamics 365 using tools such as Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, system administrators, and project managers, to ensure successful implementation and integration of Microsoft Dynamics solutions.
• Provide end-user training and support during the implementation and post-implementation phases to ensure smooth adoption of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 system.
• Perform data migration and data integration tasks to ensure seamless transition from legacy systems to Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends, features, and updates in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform and the healthcare industry to provide proactive recommendations and solutions to clients.
• Assist in pre-sales activities, including preparing proposals, conducting product demonstrations, and responding to client inquiries.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. Relevant certifications in Microsoft Dynamics 365 are highly desirable.
• Proven experience (X+ years) as a Microsoft Dynamics Consultant, specifically in the healthcare industry.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 modules and functionalities relevant to healthcare, such as Dynamics 365 for Healthcare Accelerator, Customer Service, Field Service, and Sales.
• Experience with configuring and customizing Microsoft Dynamics 365 using tools such as Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI.
• In-depth understanding of healthcare business processes and regulatory requirements, including but not limited to HIPAA, HITECH, and Meaningful Use.
• Familiarity with healthcare systems and processes, such as electronic health records (EHR), revenue cycle management, and patient management.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with clients, stakeholders, and team members at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks, and meet project deadlines.
• Proactive and self-motivated with a passion for staying up to date with the latest technology trends and advancements in the healthcare industry.

Market Related - Monthly Salary