Theatre Cleaner (Private Hospital)

Careful, trained cleaners are wanted at a day surgery clinic in Polokwane. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

Home base is a day surgery clinic on the Polokwane side of Limpopo.

• Take soiled linen to the sluice room and bring clean linen back
• Disinfect bed rails, call bells and bedside lockers
• Handle and bag medical waste in the right coloured bins
• Clean patient rooms using colour-coded cloths and mops for each area
• Move patients' belongings and equipment when rooms change
• Fill in cleaning logs so infection control can audit the ward
• Clean theatres between operations to the hospital's turnaround times

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

• Previous hospital or clinic cleaning experience
• Experience as a porter or general assistant in healthcare
• An infection prevention and control short course

• On-the-job infection control training
• Shift allowances for nights and Sundays
• Meal on shift at the staff canteen
• Medical aid option through the employer

• 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.