Shift Medic

The Role

The Mine Support Medic will man the medical centre as required and attend surface and underground incidents, serving as a general point of contact for operational personnel. The post-holder will also orchestrate emergency procedures by following relevant SOPs, and promote cleanliness in the medical centre.

The Role Responsibilities

Safety:

• Manning the company medical centre when required.    
• Ensuring safe working practices are followed.    
• Inputting safety data into the department's software.

Planning:

• Planning shift activities effectively.    
• Prioritising safe production and infrastructure operations.    
• Scheduling Occupational Health medicals and driving reduction of overdue medicals.
• Proactively promoting health and wellbeing initiatives.
• Ordering of certain materials/items

Decision Making and Problem Solving:

• Working autonomously and make decisions on all role aspects.    
• Collaborate with relevant management to make decisions regarding safety and effective operations maintenance.  
• Use judgment to manage incidents and problems.  

Operational Parameters:

• Ensure the medical centre is always available and in a state of readiness.    
• Ensure the satellite medical centre is adequately prepared and stocked as required.    
• Conduct face fit testing.    
• Performing competency-specific and certification medical assessments to company standards.
• Conduct general occupational health screens. 
• Carrying out drug and alcohol testing per company standards.
• Assisting with health risk assessments and safety-critical medicals.
• Maintaining a professional telephone manner.

Communication:

• Ensuring accurate information flow between management and workforce.
• Liaising with supervisors on daily maintenance, and external personnel as needed.
• Providing constructive advice.

Information Management:

• Using MS Office and SAP for tasks and records.    
• Handling confidential employee information securely.    
• Interpreting and acting upon oral/written communications, technical manuals, method statements, risk assessments and previous reports.    
• Utilising all such information for effective workload implementation.