Clinic Cleaner (Day Shift)

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

You'll be based at a community health clinic in Germiston. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Move patients' belongings and equipment when rooms change
• Do terminal cleans of isolation rooms after a patient is discharged
• Fill in cleaning logs so infection control can audit the ward
• Wear gowns, masks and gloves as each room requires
• Clean theatres between operations to the hospital's turnaround times
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers

• Matric or Grade 11
• Up to date with vaccinations the hospital requires, such as hepatitis B
• Able to work shifts including weekends and night duty
• Willing to follow strict infection control steps every time
• Calm under pressure in busy wards

• An infection prevention and control short course
• Experience as a porter or general assistant in healthcare
• Previous hospital or clinic cleaning experience

• Medical aid option through the employer
• On-the-job infection control training
• 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.
• If you did an infection control course, attach the certificate. It moves you ahead of general cleaners.