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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Competencies: Knowledge of Batho-Pele principles. Must be able to read and write. Good interpersonal relations. Possess good communication skills. Must be able to work shifts. Ability to cope with physical demands of the position. Participative team player.
Duties :
Proper control of and care of instruments, practicing infection control measures. Care and use of instrument washing machines. Wash and check instruments.
Malfunctioning instruments to be removed from the sets and reported for repairs or condemning. Cleaning and care of Autoclaves. Perform A test and Bowie-dick test before using the Autoclaves.
Load and off-loading of autoclaved items. Sterile sets and packs to be properly packed according to protocol after being autoclaved. Mops to be washed and soaked to prevent transmission of infection from one area to another. Check and re-sterilize all expired items (sets and packs). Sterilized packs to always be available. Issuing and recording of sterile items to theatre and other departments. Proper procedure of receiving soiled items from all relevant departments to be followed.
Proper handling and control of linen. Receive count and pack clean linen into damp dusted shelves. Linen shortages to be reported to the person in charge.
Torn / damaged linen to be placed inside the bag and marked accordingly for attendance. Adhere to Health Waste and Management Policy. Comply with the Performance Management and Development System (Contracting, reviews and final assessment).
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