Clinic Cleaner (Day Shift)

You'll keep a day surgery clinic in Pietermaritzburg 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.

The work is in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Mop spills of blood or fluids using the spill kit
• Wear gowns, masks and gloves as each room requires
• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers
• Fill in cleaning logs so infection control can audit the ward
• Handle and bag medical waste in the right coloured bins
• Do terminal cleans of isolation rooms after a patient is discharged

• Not squeamish about blood, vomit or medical waste
• Willing to follow strict infection control steps every time
• Calm under pressure in busy wards
• Up to date with vaccinations the hospital requires, such as hepatitis B

• Experience as a porter or general assistant in healthcare
• Previous hospital or clinic cleaning experience

• Medical aid option through the employer
• Shift allowances for nights and Sundays
• On-the-job infection control training

• 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.