Clinic Cleaner (Day Shift)

Clean really matters at a private hospital in Pinetown; here it stops infections spreading. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

The work is in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Wear gowns, masks and gloves as each room requires
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers
• Do terminal cleans of isolation rooms after a patient is discharged
• Move patients' belongings and equipment when rooms change
• Clean theatres between operations to the hospital's turnaround times
• Handle and bag medical waste in the right coloured bins
• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back

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

• Experience as a porter or general assistant in healthcare
• Knowledge of healthcare waste handling rules
• An infection prevention and control short course

• Meal on shift at the staff canteen
• On-the-job infection control training
• 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.