🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY ALERT 🚨
🏥 WARD ADMINISTRATOR
📍 Location: Hillcrest
🏥 Department: Pharmacy
📅 Closing Date: 14 September 2026
💼 Position: Ward Administrator
A private hospital in Hillcrest is looking for a reliable and organised Ward Administrator to join their team.
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing effective administrative and operational support within the ward. The role includes handling secretarial and billing duties, patient admissions, stock control, communication with patients and families, and general ward administration.
📌 REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must have:
- Grade 12 / Matric or an equivalent NQF Level 4 qualification
- Computer literacy
- Knowledge of SAP will be an advantage
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Two or more years of experience working in a private hospital will be advantageous
🏥 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Answering telephone calls in a friendly and professional manner.
- Taking and communicating messages for staff, patients and doctors.
- Receiving and assisting new patients, visitors and doctors in the ward.
- Admitting patients into the ward and ensuring that all required patient information is accurately captured.
- Ensuring patient records are captured according to the hospital’s standard operating procedures.
- Informing doctors and patients’ families about patient transfers when required.
- Informing patients’ families about discharges when requested.
- Ensuring that Customer Satisfaction Forms are completed by patients.
- Performing accurate data capturing and ensuring that billing information is kept up to date on SAP.
- Ensuring that patient files are brought down to Billings as requested.
- Monitoring stationery and ward stock levels to ensure that required stock is always available.
- Completing regular stock cycle counts.
- Ensuring that stock used within the unit is correctly billed.
- Checking that SAP stock quantities correspond with physical stock levels.
- Assisting with the management of stock-count processes and teams during stock takes.
- Providing operational support to the hospital’s Stock Controller when required.
- Performing general administrative duties to ensure the smooth operation of the ward.
💼 IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate should be professional, organised, accurate and able to work well with patients, families, doctors and hospital staff.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as the Ward Administrator will often be the first point of contact for patients and visitors entering the ward.
Experience in a private hospital environment will be an advantage, particularly for candidates who understand patient administration, hospital billing, stock control and SAP systems.
📅 CLOSING DATE: 14 SEPTEMBER 2026
📍 LOCATION: HILLCREST
If you meet the requirements and are looking for an opportunity to grow your career in the healthcare and hospital administration sector, this could be an opportunity worth applying for.
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