The Department of Health aims to provide quality health services and ensure a caring climate for service users, implement best-practice health care strategies, create a positive work environment for staff, and provide appropriate and top-quality training for health workers. Our vision is to provide high-quality, efficient and accessible healthcare to transform people's lives. Our mission is to create an effective public healthcare system in Gauteng by ensuring we have the right people, skills, system and equipment to provide the care our patients need to live healthy and quality lives.
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Grade 10 or ABET level 04 qualification. Must be computer literate. Be able to work under pressure. Be able to work shifts including public holidays. Good communication, numerical, organizing and supervisory skills. 3 years relevant experience required. Knowledge of working procedures in a laundry working environment.
Skills: Planning and organizing, Basic numeracy, literacy, sound human relation, ability to perform routine tasks and Basic interpersonal relationship. Have ability to liaise with stake holders. Be prepared to do physical labour. It is a legal requirement that employees wear protective clothing in terms of OHS.
Duties :
Supervise laundry workers. Assist with PMDS. Prepare and send clean linen to the wards. Ensure the collection of dirty linen from the wards to the service provider (Masakhane).
Oversee sorting and counting of soiled linen from the wards. Oversee cleaning of the laundry area. Conduct audit of all patients’ linen at least once per month. Conduct regular meetings with sub-ordinates. Perform any other duties delegated by Management.