General Assistant at Marie Stopes South Africa

Maintaining Cleanliness and Infection Prevention Standards of Practice at the Centre

• Ensure that the centre is kept neat and hygienically clean at all times:
• Maintenance of a cleaning schedule
• Cleaning the toilets as often as needed to ensure clean at all times
• Mopping the floors daily at close of shift and ongoing during the day as required disinfectants on all horizontal clinic surfaces – damp dusting
• Separate mops (colour coded if possible) are used for
• Procedure room is damp dusted on a daily basis. Insides of cupboards cleaned weekly low risk areas, high risk areas, and toilets
• Procedure table is sprayed and wiped with disinfectant between clients
• Make sure that the laundry is done daily (washing, drying and ironing) so that there is always fresh linen available
• Washing of dishes as necessary
• Cleaning the kitchen surfaces and cupboards
• JOB AIDS are present in instrument processing area on different stages of instrument processing and when protocols are updated they are replaced timeously 
• Assist in Emergency Management and participate in MEM (Medical Emergency Management) Drills
• Once instruments have been used, ensure that there are:
• Cleaned properly using standard Infection Prevention instrument processing steps (Decontamination, Cleaning, Sterilization and storage) and ensure adhere to timing of each step to avoid instrument
• Prepare the chlorine solution for the day
• Clearly labelled plastic containers with lids filled with 0.5% chlorine solution prepared according to posted job aid
• Sterilization of instruments determined by the manufacturers autoclave instructions
• Packed appropriately
• Daily and Weekly Maintenance of Autoclave and the autoclave tape must visibly indicate that the autoclaving has been successful

Additional Infection Prevention Standards

• Proper use of antiseptics & disinfectants
• Maintenance of a waste management plan
• Clinical waste and general waste us segregated and stored in different disposal areas
• Assisting the Administrator with their duties when necessary for banking/phone answering
• Carrying out errands as requested by Centre Manager

PLEASE NOTE: This incumbent will be required to work rotational shifts: Monday to Friday 7AM-3PM; 11:00AM - 19:00 PM

Alternate Saturdays: 08:30AM - 16:30PM

Requirements:

• Pro -Choice
• Grade 12
• Previous cleaning experience in a hospital/medical environtment would be advantageous