Infection Control Cleaner

You'll keep a frail care centre in Soweto safe for patients by cleaning the way infection control demands. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

You'll report in Soweto. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Handle and bag medical waste in the right coloured bins
• Wear gowns, masks and gloves as each room requires
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers
• Do terminal cleans of isolation rooms after a patient is discharged
• Move patients' belongings and equipment when rooms change
• Fill in cleaning logs so infection control can audit the ward
• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back

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

• An infection prevention and control short course
• Previous hospital or clinic cleaning experience
• Knowledge of healthcare waste handling rules

• Shift allowances for nights and Sundays
• 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.