Infection Control Cleaner

Patients and nurses in Polokwane rely on this day surgery clinic being spotless every shift. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: Polokwane, Limpopo. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Wear gowns, masks and gloves as each room requires
• Move patients' belongings and equipment when rooms change
• 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
• Clean theatres between operations to the hospital's turnaround times
• Fill in cleaning logs so infection control can audit the ward

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

• An infection prevention and control short course
• 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
• Shift allowances for nights and Sundays

• 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.