Infection Control Cleaner

Careful, trained cleaners are wanted at a community health clinic in Mogwase. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

The work is in Mogwase, North West, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Wear gowns, masks and gloves as each room requires
• Move patients' belongings and equipment when rooms change
• Handle and bag medical waste in the right coloured bins
• Clean theatres between operations to the hospital's turnaround times
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers
• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back

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

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

• 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.
• 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.