Cleaning Porter (Hospital Wards)

You'll keep a frail care centre in Cape Town CBD safe for patients by cleaning the way infection control demands. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

This post is in Cape Town CBD (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Clean patient rooms using colour-coded cloths and mops for each area
• Wear gowns, masks and gloves as each room requires
• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back
• Move patients' belongings and equipment when rooms change
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers

• Calm under pressure in busy wards
• Willing to follow strict infection control steps every time
• Matric or Grade 11
• Able to work shifts including weekends and night duty
• Not squeamish about blood, vomit or medical waste

• Knowledge of healthcare waste handling rules
• An infection prevention and control short course

• On-the-job infection control training
• Shift allowances for nights and Sundays
• Meal on shift at the staff canteen

• Mention any hospital, clinic or old-age home work first, even if it was short. Healthcare recruiters shortlist people who know ward routines.
• In the interview, explain how you clean an isolation room step by step. It is a common question and a quick way to stand out.