Hospital Ward Cleaner

Careful, trained cleaners are wanted at a community health clinic in Worcester. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is in Worcester (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Move patients' belongings and equipment when rooms change
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers
• Do terminal cleans of isolation rooms after a patient is discharged
• Handle and bag medical waste in the right coloured bins
• Clean patient rooms using colour-coded cloths and mops for each area
• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back

• Able to work shifts including weekends and night duty
• Matric or Grade 11
• Up to date with vaccinations the hospital requires, such as hepatitis B
• Willing to follow strict infection control steps every time
• Not squeamish about blood, vomit or medical waste

• Experience as a porter or general assistant in healthcare
• Knowledge of healthcare waste handling rules
• Previous hospital or clinic cleaning experience

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

• 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.