Clinic Cleaner (Day Shift) – Entry Level

Patients and nurses in Johannesburg CBD rely on this community health clinic being spotless every shift. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Home base is a community health clinic on the Johannesburg CBD side of Gauteng. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Clean patient rooms using colour-coded cloths and mops for each area
• Do terminal cleans of isolation rooms after a patient is discharged
• Clean theatres between operations to the hospital's turnaround times
• Move patients' belongings and equipment when rooms change
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers
• Mop spills of blood or fluids using the spill kit

• Calm under pressure in busy wards
• Able to work shifts including weekends and night duty
• Matric or Grade 11
• Respectful and discreet around patients
• Up to date with vaccinations the hospital requires, such as hepatitis B

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

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