Clinic Cleaner (Day Shift)

Careful, trained cleaners are wanted at a day surgery clinic in Hammarsdale. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

The site is in Hammarsdale; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Handle and bag medical waste in the right coloured bins
• Do terminal cleans of isolation rooms after a patient is discharged
• Fill in cleaning logs so infection control can audit the ward
• Move patients' belongings and equipment when rooms change
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers
• Wear gowns, masks and gloves as each room requires
• Clean patient rooms using colour-coded cloths and mops for each area

• Respectful and discreet around patients
• Matric or Grade 11
• Not squeamish about blood, vomit or medical waste
• Able to work shifts including weekends and night duty

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

• 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.