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Marketing and Communications Coordinator

FunctionMarketing and CommunicationsFacilityLife Entabeni and Life St Josephs HospitalPositionMarketing and Communications CoordinatorIntroduction

A vacancy exists for a Marketing and Communications Coordinator based at Life Entabeni Hospital , reporting to the Hospital Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for strategically marketing the facility, the specialists, and services while building strong relationships with stakeholders and the community. Brand management is crucial for maintaining and enhancing brand equity and trust, alongside nurturing positive stakeholder and media relationships. Effective channel marketing efforts aim to showcase brand, facility and services across various platforms, utilising specialist GP, community and Emergency Unit Channels to drive return on investmentCritical Outputs

• Build sound, productive working relationships with key stakeholders i.e., General Practitioners and Specialists, Media, and the Community.
• Generate statistics and reports from available hospital information to analyse referral patterns and build a knowledge base to inform strategies and plans.
• Recruitment and marketing of Specialists to General Practitioners and community to grow referrals.
• Develop and implement marketing and communications strategies and plans (aligned to the hospital business plan) aimed at key stakeholders to drive growth for the hospital.
• Develop and implement marketing and communications initiatives aimed at stakeholders including patients, potential patients, and the local community at large.
• Provide marketing and communications support to internal hospital stakeholders as well as national marketing and communications department.
• Provide input into the marketing and communication budget and manage the function efficiently within the prescribed budget.
• Develop informative, brand compliant marketing collateral (i.e. brochures, information leaflets and other branded marketing material) to support marketing and communications initiatives and drive trust.
• Ensure that brand and corporate identity standards, policies and procedures regarding marketing and communication are adhered to throughout the hospital.
• Manage media relations according to set corporate policy and guidelines.
• Assist with enhancing the service to patients and clients from a communication / marketing point of view.
• Be an agent of change and be able to communicate well, on behalf of management, with all major stakeholders.
• Develop and execute a channel marketing strategy to enhance referrals and drive volumes to the units.
• Act as brand ambassador within the unit to ensure brand compliance.
• Monitor social media platforms and community groups for reputation management purposes.

Requirements

• A tertiary marketing, public relations or communication qualification as well as a proven track record in executing marketing and communication strategies.
• Minimum two years’ experience in a similar role.
• Must be able to work independently and use initiative to achieve set objectives.
• Have a clear understanding of the hospital environment.
• Ability to process, analyse and interpret relevant statistics.
• Ability to travel to patient catchment areas independently.
• A proven track record in copywriting and corporate writing as well as knowledge of strategies within an integrated marketing and communications structure will be advantageous.
• Excellent interpersonal skills is essential.
• Excellent time management skills is essential.
• The ability to work in a pressured and changing environment
• Computer literacy (Word, Power Point and Advanced Excel e.g. pivot tables)

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation
• Influencing
• Drive & energy
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Leading my example (Key for Managers)
• Motivating and developing people (Key for Managers)

Emailentabeni.cv@lifehealthcare.co.zaClosing dateTuesday, June 10, 2025

Internal applicants – Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.

Explore our vacancies and find the right opportunity for you. Download the application form and email to the relevant contact person specified in the job advertisement.

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.

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Porter X2

FunctionOtherFacilityLife Kingsbury HospitalPositionPorterIntroduction

A vacancy for a Porter has become available at Life Kingsbury Hospital, Cape Town.  This position reports to Shaun Lawrence, Services Manager and will be part of a professional team that is continuously striving for the highest standards of quality in healthcareCritical Outputs

• Professional interaction with clients.
• Transport patients from reception to wads and vice versa
• Assist patients with wheelchair from vehicles to reception, emergency unit and via stretcher to respective wards from emergency unit.
• Porter patients requiring assistance on discharge from nursing unit or treatment area to hospital exit/vehicle.
• Check wheelchairs for cleanliness and whether in need of repairs.
• To collect and record all prescriptions cards, credits and requisitions from the wards.
• To record and deliver ethical and surgical stock to wards safely, securely and timeously.
• Moving furniture, stores and medical equipment safely.
• Setting up of venues for meetings and functions.
• Transferring files, specimen samples and pharmacy boxes to different areas in the hospital.
• Movement of cylinders of gas within the hospital.
• Performing general administrative and other related duties as requested.

Requirements

• Matric
• Physically fit, possess physical strength for heavy boxes, drive and energy
• Experience in working in customer service/dealing with customers
• Experience in working in healthcare will be an advantage
• Able to work in a team
• Responsible, meticulous and efficient.
• Good time management with the ability to work under pressure, independently and in a team.
• Ability to work shifts on a rotational basis. Night shift will be required

Competencies

• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal and written communication
• Drive and energy
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Building relationships
• Organisational awareness
• Leading by example
• Motivating and developing people
• Customer responsiveness

Contact

Chwayita MpangeleTel021 670 4312Emailchwayita.mpangele@lifehealthcare.co.zaClosing dateFriday, June 6, 2025

Internal applicants – Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.

Explore our vacancies and find the right opportunity for you. Download the application form and email to the relevant contact person specified in the job advertisement.

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.

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Stock Controller

PharmacyFacilityLife Anncron HospitalPositionStock ControllerIntroduction

A vacancy exists for Stock Controller based at Life Anncron Hospital, reporting to Pharmacy Manager, Annecke Barnard. The successful candidates will be responsible for ensuring quality pharmaceutical services, financial objectives; legislative compliance and people management requirements are achieved to the required standards. A key part of the role will be ensuring optimal stock management in all units through effective interdepartmental liaising, communication and administrative support to the pharmacy team.Critical Outputs

• Managing the surgical stores department
• Managing the control and distribution of surgical stock to internal units
• Participating in achieving required customer service levels in theatre and wards
• Participate in achieving stock management KPI’s
• Assist with planning and executing stock take in all units
• Assist in planning and executing including investigating variances in pharmacy
• Management of deadstock, overstock and negative stock in pharmacy
• Assisting with system and code maintenance
• Implementing and maintaining the LHC formulary.
• Assist with the management of product complaints
• Facilitate the communicate of product and supplier changes or “out of stocks” to relevant inventory staff and nursing units
• Capturing of all pharmacy and theatre invoices in set time
• Bi-weekly follow up on outstanding orders and escalation of concerns
• Assist with management of non-recoverable in setting targets
• Assist in maintaining MRI6, GRIR and Unrecorded Liability targets
• Ensuring a culture of quality in our business and operational excellence.
• Assisting with pharmacy related queries
• General administrative functions as requested
• Establish and maintain a good relationship with Doctors and Staff.

Requirements

• Grade 12
• Computer literacy and sound knowledge of SAP will be advantageous
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Responsible and Mature, Team Player, Reliable and trustworthy, customer excellence
• Good interpersonal skills. Must be customer orientated with a commitment towards continuous improvement.
• Candidate will need to be self-motivated and self-disciplined. Attention to detail and the ability to work accurately under pressure.
• 2 years’ experience within stock management
• Private Healthcare experience will be beneficial

Competencies

• Attention to detail
• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation
• Ethical behaviour
• Influencing
• Action orientation
• Excellence orientation
• Organisational awareness
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Drive & energy

EmailAnncron.Recruitment@lifehealthcare.co.zaClosing dateFriday, June 13, 2025

Internal applicants – Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.

Explore our vacancies and find the right opportunity for you. Download the application form and email to the relevant contact person specified in the job advertisement.

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.

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Senior Accounts Clerk

FunctionFinance/AdministrationFacilityLife Anncron HospitalPositionSenior Accounts ClerkIntroduction

A vacancy exists for Senior Accounts Clerk based at Life Anncron Hospital, reporting to Finance Manager, Derek van Wyk. The successful candidate will be responsible for capturing data and financial information and performing specific general ledger recons to specific areas of the financial processes in the financial accounting of Life Healthcare.Critical Outputs

• Responsible for month end processes and assist in capturing data.
• Manage, Prepare and capture of requisitions, orders and payments on SAP.
• Facilitating the procurement cycle.
• Managing the allocated creditors. Reconciling, processing and liaising with creditors and hospital staff on a daily basis regarding queries on creditors.
• Coding and allocation of payments and receipts in the cashbook (assisting).
• Assisting the Finance & Admin Manager with ad-hoc tasks.
• Assisting the accounting hub with the clearing of bank and debtors reconciling items.
• Resolving creditors and debtors account queries.
• Maintaining a filing system for creditors. Updating and management of the contracts register.
• Assisting in reviewing and establishing adequate internal controls.
• Managing the Accounts receivable sub-system (Doctors rentals and ad hoc charges).
• Preparing accurate and complete accruals at month end.
• Assist the Finance & Admin Manager with month-end, and Capital Expenditure Reporting.
• General admin duties, e.g. filing, taking of minutes, etc.
• Liaising with the national credit control department regarding daily banking and bank transfer payments.
• Handling of petty cash.
• Perform monthly reconciliations on creditors.
• Perform daily banking and cashbooks.
• Reconciling the Nursing agency accounts daily and liaising with nursing Management.
• Ensure healthy internal control environment.
• Meet month end deadlines.
• Accurate financial processing.
• Manage capital expenditure reporting.
• Comply with statutory requirements and adhere to company protocols and corporate governance.
• Assisting in the preparation of annual financial budgets based on company guidelines.

Requirements

• A relevant qualification and a min of 2 -3 years’ experience in accounting,
• Understanding of the Financial process up to trial balance level, ability to perform balance sheet reconciliations.
• Proficiency in MS Office
• SAP knowledge would be advantageous
• Honesty, trustworthy and willing to work overtime. Deadline driven.

Competencies

• Attention to detail
• Figure orientated
• Teamwork and dedication
• Must be able to work under pressure
• Must be able to handle every situation with a positive attitude
• Drive & energy
• Ethical behavior
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Team player
• Fast learner
• Strong leadership and trustworthy

EmailAnncron.Recruitment@lifehealthcare.co.zaClosing dateTuesday, June 10, 2025

Internal applicants – Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.

Explore our vacancies and find the right opportunity for you. Download the application form and email to the relevant contact person specified in the job advertisement.

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.

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Theatre Administrator

FunctionFinance/AdministrationFacilityLife The Crompton HospitalPositionTheatre AdministratorIntroduction

A vacancy exists for a Theatre Administrator based at Life The Crompton Hospital reporting to Senika Theeruth, Theatre Unit Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and coordinating accurate preference cards to support and sustain a quality and efficient e-billing system, in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, in line with the Company’s strategic objectives of Growth, Efficiency, Quality and Sustainability.Critical Outputs

Effective management of preference cards and templates (surgical and anesthetic)

• Edit, update or create new preference cards as required and obtain sign-off from relevant persons
• Load preference cards for theatre cases on the system for the next day’s Theatre lists as well as for any emergency cases
• Effectively monitor Impilo Dashboard and action any errors
• Manual capturing of manual billing on Impilo (stock and equipment)
• Effective capturing of procedure and items required for the electronic theatre register and case management

Achieve optimal system utilization

• Be a super user/champion to assist with Multi-touch screen issues and troubleshooting
• Assist with consignment stock and loan set coordination and management
• Assist in cycle counts and monthly stock takes to achieve hospital variance targets
• Case management communication and capturing of procedures
• Management of stock variance reports in collaboration with the unit manager and stock controller to achieve stock targets.

Effective people management skills– participate in collaborative and engaging team dynamics  (internal and external stakeholders)

• Establish Lifelong partnerships with our customers to promote LHC as the preferred hospital of choice
• Effective communication skills
• The ability to work within a multidisciplinary team

Requirements

• Matric Certificate
• Experience in billing/stock management
• Nursing experience in a theatre, or relevant experience in an appropriate clinical environment is advantageous
• Attention to detail
• Strong Administration skills including stock control
• Participative and collaborative with all members of the team to foster and develop a healthy and positive working environment that actively promotes a joint performance and value-based culture.
• Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution.
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills and a strong understanding of theatre structure and the role of all personnel.
• Computer proficiency

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation
• Influencing
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Drive & energy
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour

EmailRecruitment.Crompton@lifehealthcare.co.zaClosing dateFriday, June 6, 2025

Internal applicants – Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.

Explore our vacancies and find the right opportunity for you. Download the application form and email to the relevant contact person specified in the job advertisement.

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.

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