Hospital Ward Cleaner

Careful, trained cleaners are wanted at a private hospital in Paarl. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Home base is a private hospital on the Paarl side of Western Cape.

• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers
• Mop spills of blood or fluids using the spill kit
• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back
• Handle and bag medical waste in the right coloured bins
• Clean theatres between operations to the hospital's turnaround times

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

• Experience as a porter or general assistant in healthcare
• Knowledge of healthcare waste handling rules

• Medical aid option through the employer
• On-the-job infection control training
• Meal on shift at the staff canteen

• 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.