Location
Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Full job description
Duties/Pligte
- Providing safe transport for research participants and staff to the research sites and imaging centres;
- Assisting community research workers (CRWs) with home visits;
- Maintaining vehicles, i.e. arranging for the vehicle service as required, and arranging for vehicle cleaning;
- Transporting biological samples to relevant laboratories;
- Attending relevant meetings;
- Ensuring that relevant training and licencing is up to date;
- Communicating with staff and research participants;
- Performing recruitment liaising duties, including ensuring a positive relationship between SU and clinic staff:
- Supporting community research workers;
- Having regular meetings with CRWs and clinic staff;
- Consenting participants and assisting with booking and scheduling their visits.
- Verseker veilige vervoer vir navorsingsdeelnemers en personeel na en van navorsingsterreine en beeldingsentrums;
- Hulpverlening aan gemeenskapsnavorsingswerkers met huisbesoeke;
- Onderhou die voertuie voertuie, bv. reël dienste soos nodig, en tref reëllings vir die skoonmaak van die voertuie;
- Vervoer van biologiese monsters na toepaslike laboratoriums;
- Bywoon van toepaslike vergaderings;
- Verseker dat toepaslike opleiding en lisensiëring op datum is;
- Kommunikeer met personeel en navorsingsdeelnemers;
- Uitvoer van werwingsskakeling verantwoordelikhede, insluitend om te verseker dat daar positiewe verhoudings is tussen die US en kliniekpersoneel:
- Bied ondersteuning aan gemeenskapsnavorsingswerkers;
- Vergader deurlopend met CRW’s en kliniekpersoneel;
- Verkry toestemming van deelnemers en verleen hulp om hul besoeke te bespreek en te skeduleer.
Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
- A valid driver’s licence;
- At least Grade 11;
- Resides in Cape Town, in the vicinity of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences campus, Parow Valley;
- Has reliable private transport to and from campus (situated near Tygerberg Hospital);
- Regular and long-term experience with driving a vehicle, OR previous experience as an employed driver, with a reference;
- PDP or eligibility to obtain PDP;
- The ability to work well within a team as well as independently;
- Willingness to transport potentially infectious people and samples (i.e. people with tuberculosis);
- Good overall health;
- The ability to speak, read and write Afrikaans and / or isiXhosa and / or English (at least two of the aforementioned);
- Computer literate.
- `n Geldige rybewys;
- Ten minste Graad 11;
- Woonagtig in Kaapstad, naby die Fakulteit Geneeskunde en Gesondheidswetenskaape se -kampus, Parowvallei;
- Het betroubare private vervoer na en vanaf die kampus (naby Tygerberghospitaal);
- Gereelde en langtermyn ervaring as voertuigbestuurder, OF vorige werkservaring as ‘n bestuurder, met ‘n verwysing;
- PDP of die vermoë om PDP te verkry;
- Goeie spanwerkvaardighede en die vermoë om onafhanklik te funksioneer;
- Bereidwilligheid om potensieel aansteeklike mense (bv. TB-lyers) en monsters te vervoer;
- Goeie algemene gesondheid;
- Die vermoë om Afrikaans en / of isiXhosa en / of Engels te praat, lees en skryf (minstens twee van voorgenoemde tale);
- Rekenaargeletterd.
Recommendation/Aanbeveling
- Valid GCP and IATA certificates;
- Previous experience with the formal transport of people;
- Previous experience in the field of health and / or research;
- Fluent in isiXhosa or Afrikaans.
- Aanbevelings:
- Geldige Goeie Kliniese Praktyk- en IATA-sertifikate;
- Vorige ervaring met die formele vervoer van mense;
- Vorige ervaring op die gebied van gesondheid en / of navorsing;
- Vlot in isiXhosa of Afrikaans.