Cleaning Porter (Hospital Wards)

Careful, trained cleaners are wanted at a community health clinic in Mbombela. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: Mbombela, Mpumalanga. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back
• Mop spills of blood or fluids using the spill kit
• Wear gowns, masks and gloves as each room requires
• Fill in cleaning logs so infection control can audit the ward
• Clean theatres between operations to the hospital's turnaround times

• Respectful and discreet around patients
• Matric or Grade 11
• Calm under pressure in busy wards
• Willing to follow strict infection control steps every time
• Up to date with vaccinations the hospital requires, such as hepatitis B

• On-the-job infection control training
• Meal on shift at the staff canteen
• Medical aid option through the employer

• 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.
• If you did an infection control course, attach the certificate. It moves you ahead of general cleaners.