Foreman: Cleaning (ENVIRONMENTAL and Medical Waste

Overview

Foreman overseeing cleaning and medical waste management operations at Tygerberg Hospital.

Requirements

• Minimum educational qualification: General Education and Training Certificate (GETC)/ grade 9 (Std. 7).
• Experience: Appropriate experience in medical waste in a hospital environment.
• Inherent requirement of the job: Willingness to work shifts (weekends and public holidays).
• Code 8 driver’s licence.
• Competencies (knowledge/skills): Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to work independently and in a team context.
• Knowledge of Provincial Gazette: - Act 7 of 2007 Western Cape Health Care Waste Management Act, 2007.
• Knowledge of the “cradle to grave” approach and subsequent actions of health care risk waste.
• Knowledge of the grievance procedure, code of good practice: dismissal and disciplinary code and procedure for the public service.
• Basic knowledge of Staff Performance Management System.

Duties

• Control the utilisation of personnel to ensure various types of waste generated at the hospital is timeously transported to the correct holding areas.
• Ensure that disciplinary procedures are effectively enforced.
• Ensure that personnel clean medical waste trolleys, hospital building entrances, courtyards, pigswill area, waste holding area at basement level.
• Effectively execute all administrative functions applicable on a supervisory level and provide an effective support to the Principal General Foreman and the Senior Administrative Officer: Support Services.

How to apply

Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”).

Enquiries: Ms L White Tel No: (021) 938-4121

Notes

No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. Shortlisted candidates will be subjected to a practical assessment. It will be expected of candidates to be available for selection interviews on a date, time and place as determined by the Department. Kindly note that excess personnel will receive preference. All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments. One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment. OTHER POSTS