Frail Care Centre Cleaner – Entry Level

Careful, trained cleaners are wanted at a community health clinic in Pretoria West. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

You'll report in Pretoria West. Relocation is not covered for this one. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Do terminal cleans of isolation rooms after a patient is discharged
• Handle and bag medical waste in the right coloured bins
• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back
• Fill in cleaning logs so infection control can audit the ward
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers
• Clean patient rooms using colour-coded cloths and mops for each area

• Up to date with vaccinations the hospital requires, such as hepatitis B
• Calm under pressure in busy wards
• Willing to follow strict infection control steps every time
• Respectful and discreet around patients
• Not squeamish about blood, vomit or medical waste
• Matric or Grade 11

• An infection prevention and control short course
• Experience as a porter or general assistant in healthcare

• Shift allowances for nights and Sundays
• Meal on shift at the staff canteen
• Medical aid option through the employer
• 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.