General Worker/Labourer - Jane Furse Hospital at Limpopo Department of Health

Qualification and Experience

• A minimum of Grade 12 Certificate or ABET/ AET NQF level 4 as recognised by SAQA.
• Exposure to the hospital environment and patient care will be an added advantage.
• Ability to lift and move heavy equipment and supplies. Ability to work with heavy duty Laundry/cleaning equipment. Willing to work with human excreta, fluids including blood. Willingness to work with and ability to lift corpses of varying weights. Ability to operate machinery (lawnmowers and weed eaters). Ability to be on your feet for a period of up to 12 hours per day. Must be able to work shifts (including night duty, weekends, and public holidays).
• Willingness to work extra hours at short notice.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Perform any of the following duties and/or any other general duties as allocated and directed from time to time per operational needs of the facility:

GENERAL

• Load and offload.
• Assist Artisans and Tradesmen Aids.
• Keep tools safe and clean.
• Maintain the grounds of the facility.

PORTER

• Transport patients using stretcher or wheelchair to / from wards or departments or any other area of the health facility.
• Carry patients.
• Take corpses to the mortuary.
• Clean / wash stretchers and wheelchairs.
• Minor maintenance of stretchers and wheelchairs.

LAUNDRY AID

• Accurate recording of all incoming and outgoing linen on a daily basis to hospital, clinics and EMS services.
• Correct handling, receiving and dispatch of soiled and clean linen to the wards and clinics according to internal protocol and infection control measures.
• Cleaning of laundry and laundry equipment on daily basis.
• Follow and adhere to Health and Safety Regulations.

CLEANER

• Perform cleaning services in offices, passages, ablution facilities etc.
• Emptying dustbins & picking up waste.
• Perform any other cleaning duties.
• Keep and maintain cleaning equipment and materials safe.