Frail Care Centre Cleaner

Careful, trained cleaners are wanted at a private hospital in White River. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is in White River (Mpumalanga). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Move patients' belongings and equipment when rooms change
• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back
• Do terminal cleans of isolation rooms after a patient is discharged
• Wear gowns, masks and gloves as each room requires
• Mop spills of blood or fluids using the spill kit
• Handle and bag medical waste in the right coloured bins

• Not squeamish about blood, vomit or medical waste
• Calm under pressure in busy wards
• Willing to follow strict infection control steps every time
• Matric or Grade 11
• Able to work shifts including weekends and night duty
• Respectful and discreet around patients

• Knowledge of healthcare waste handling rules
• Previous hospital or clinic cleaning experience

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

• If you did an infection control course, attach the certificate. It moves you ahead of general cleaners.
• Mention any hospital, clinic or old-age home work first, even if it was short. Healthcare recruiters shortlist people who know ward routines.