Therapy Assistants Therapy clerical staff Cleaners for Therapy section/dept Porters for therapy section University Therapists Hospital Management POSITION NAME Chief Executive Officer Senior Superintendent Other superintendents Deputy Director Assistant Director Nursing Services Chief Nursing Services Manager INTRODUCTION AND ORIENTATION FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES Administrative Sections NAME OF KEY PERSON NAME Patient matters Medical records Works Department Transport
practicing professional in the categories mentioned below must be licensed to practise, by registering with the HPCSA. Speech Therapist and Audiologist Community Speech and Hearing Worker Occupational Therapist Occupational Therapy Assistant Community Rehabilitation Worker Physiotherapist Physiotherapy Assistant Physiotherapy Technician 2.6.2 Professional Bodies You are advised to become a member of your professional body such as the following: Occupational Therapy Association of (OTASA) South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association (SASLHA) Physiotherapy Association (SASP) 2.6.3 Unions All staff members are encouraged to become active members of a trade union. The role of the trade union is to: Serve as a vehicle by which employee’s act collectively to protect and promote their interests. Representatives of a union and the organization’s management can through collective bargaining negotiate wage levels, conditions of employment and explicitly articulated contract of employment. In fact, unions are the ONLY bodies with power to change conditions of service due to their negotiating power. In Government services negotiations are held in the central bargaining chamber. Because union members as well as employees can benefit from gains unions make, the government has introduced an agency shop fee, to reduce the number of “free riders”. A fee is therefore deducted from employees. State employed non-union members now also contribute to the cost of the central bargaining chamber, thus promoting them to join a union of their choice. SECTION 3 ORGANISATION General The organizational structure of the section can be defined as the effective arrangement of people and other resources needed to achieve the objectives set by the section. In order for people to work effectively towards accomplishing objectives, a structure of roles must be designed and maintained. An organizational structure should be designed to: Clarify the environment so that everyone their roles and responsibilities
Tel: (011) 355 3432 Tel: Fax: (011) 355 3280 Fax: Email: Email: APPENDIX C: RESOURCE LIST OF Health Professions Council (HPCSA) and Professional Societies Health Professions Council (HPCSA) Postal Address: 0001 Tel: (012) 338 9349 Fax: (012) 328 4862 Physical Address: 553 Vermeulen Street Website: http://www.hpcsa.co.za Professional Societies African Society for Physiotherapists (SASP) Postal Address: 2117 Tel: (011) 485 1467 Fax: (011) 485 1613 Physical Address: Ground Floor Office no 1, corner Cheltendale and orchards Road, Highlands North, JHB Email: manager@saphysio.co.za Website: http://www.physiosa.org.za OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION OF (OTASA) Postal Address: Hatfield 0028 Tel: (012) 362 5457 Fax: 086 651 5438 Physical Address: 207 Domus building, Glen otasa@otasa.org.za Website: http://www.otasa.org.za/ AFRICAN SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING ASSOCIATION (SASLHA) Postal Address: The Reeds 0158 Tel: (012) 653 2114 Fax: (012) 653 1351 Physical Address: Bakenkop Medical Centre, , Wierdapark 0157 Email: admin@sasla.co.za Website: http://www.saslha.co.za/