Housekeeping Supervisor

Overview

Housekeeping Supervisor (5 posts) at Department of Health and Wellness in Parow Valley.

Requirements

• Minimum educational qualification: General Education and Training Certificate (GETC)/Grade 9 (Std 7).
• Experience: Appropriate housekeeping experience in a hospital environment.
• Appropriate supervisory experience.
• Inherent requirements of the job: Ability to perform physical tasks, e.g. lifting heavy equipment.
• Willingness to work shifts, weekends and public holidays, including night shift when the need arises.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Competencies (knowledge/skills): Supervisory skills and optimal utilisation of sub-ordinates.
• Ability to perform routine structured tasks.
• Ability to adhere to safety standards, including Infection Prevention Control.
• Ability to do hospital hygiene audits.
• Understanding of hospital waste management, linen management, catering and time management.

Duties

• (key result areas/outputs): Supervise, co-ordinate, control and inspect the duties of the Household Aids.
• Assist household staff with their duties when staff shortages occur.
• Do scheduling of housekeeping duty registers.
• Ensure the correct segregation and removal of different types of waste in the wards.
• Maintain a high standard of hygiene and tidiness in the unit/institution.
• Order and control stock and kitchen/cleaning equipment.
• Ensure proper linen sorting and Linen management in the wards.
• Render support to the nursing department and none nursing personnel at ward level.
• Render support to the Support Services unit.
• Adhere to the Code of Conduct and display the core values of the Department of Health: Western Cape Government in the execution of duties.
• Maintain self-development.

How to apply

Enquiries: Ms CB Johnson Tel No: (021) 938-5327

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. ERRATUM: Kindly note that the Post 34/300: Post: Social Worker Grade 1 To 4 (2 Posts), Institution: Mental Health Roving Team (ACT) (KESS) and Nomzamo CDC, Khayelitsha/ Eastern Sub-structure has been amended as follows: Post: Social Worker Grade 1 To 4, Institution: Mental Health Roving Team (ACT) (KESS), Khayelitsha/ Eastern Sub-structure Kindly note that the Post 34/290: Post: Professional Nurse Grade 1 To 2 (Specialty: Advanced Midwifery) (X2 Posts), Institution: Khayelitsha CHC and Macassar CDC has been amended as follows: Post: Professional Nurse Grade 1 To 2 (Specialty: Advanced Midwifery), Institution: Khayelitsha CHC OTHER POSTS