Infection Control Cleaner

Careful, trained cleaners are wanted at a frail care centre in Krugersdorp. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

This post is in Krugersdorp (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Wear gowns, masks and gloves as each room requires
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers
• Handle and bag medical waste in the right coloured bins
• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back
• Do terminal cleans of isolation rooms after a patient is discharged

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

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

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