General Worker / Labourer – Letaba Hospital

About the role

The Limpopo Department of Health is recruiting a General Worker / Labourer for Letaba Hospital. The role covers general support, portering, laundry aid and cleaning duties within the health facility, and is a full-time position.

Key responsibilities

• General duties: load and offload, assist artisans and tradesmen aids, keep tools safe and clean, and maintain the grounds of the facility.
• Portering: transport patients on stretchers or wheelchairs to and from wards or departments, carry patients, take corpses to the mortuary, and clean and wash stretchers and wheelchairs with minor maintenance.
• Laundry aid: record incoming and outgoing linen daily, handle, receive and dispatch soiled and clean linen according to protocol and infection control measures, and clean laundry equipment daily.
• Cleaning: clean offices, passages and ablution facilities, empty dustbins and pick up waste, and keep cleaning equipment and materials safe.

Required profile

• Minimum Grade 12 certificate or ABET/AET NQF level 4 as recognised by SAQA.
• Exposure to the hospital environment and patient care is an added advantage.
• Must be able to stand for up to 12 hours a day and work shifts, including night duty, weekends and public holidays.
• Willingness to work extra hours at short notice.

Required skills

• Ability to lift and move heavy equipment and supplies, and to work with heavy-duty laundry and cleaning equipment.
• Willingness to work with human excreta, fluids including blood, and to lift corpses of varying weights.
• Ability to operate machinery such as lawnmowers and weed eaters.