Cleaner
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Date Posted | August 8, 2025 |
| Category | Cleaning Skilled Labour |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Currency | UGX |
Description
Job Summary
The role involves cleaning and disinfecting various areas of the hospital, including patient rooms, operation rooms, offices, and public restrooms, to maintain hygiene and cleanliness. Responsibilities include routine inspections, refilling supplies, collecting and laundering dirty linens, addressing patient complaints regarding housekeeping services, proper disposal of medical waste, and distributing clean hospital linen. The role also involves maintaining stock and organization of cleaning supplies, reporting damaged equipment, responding to emergencies, assisting in moving patients when needed, and performing additional duties as assigned by the supervisor.
- Minimum Qualification : Highschool
- Experience Level : Entry level
- Experience Length : 1 year
Job Description/Requirements
DUTY STATION: Lifelink Medical Centre
DEPARTMENT: Maintenance
REPORTS TO: HOD Maintenance
INTERFACES WITH: Administrator and Team Leaders from other departments.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES
- Minimum of O’ Level certificate
- Experience of not less than 1 year
- Integrity
- Able to work independently, exercise creativity, be attentive to detail, and maintain a positive attitude
- Able to work under minimum supervision
- Able to work well within a team environment
- Quick on their feet and well organized.
- Good customer service and communication skills.
- Good time management skills
- Self-motivated and result orientated.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Perform routine cleaning of patient rooms, operation rooms, nursing units, offices, clinical areas, waiting areas, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, and corridors in a clean, neat and sanitary manner
- Ensure that all service points are kept clean at all times
- Clean and disinfect patient’s bathroom and public restrooms
- Perform routine inspections to check that spaces like restrooms are always sanitary.
- Refill supplies, such as toilet paper and paper towels in all washrooms in a timely manner
- Collect dirty laundry from patients’ rooms and deliver them to washing areas
- Take and address patients’ complaints regarding housekeeping services
- Empty all waste and dustbins and ensure appropriate disposal of medical waste products according to hospital guidelines
- Wash, iron, fold and store clean hospital linen on a daily basis
- Distribute clean linen and hospital/surgical gowns to the appropriate duty stations
- Maintain adequate stock of cleaning supplies
- Maintain a clean and organized storage area for cleaning equipment and supplies
- Inform the supervisor of any cleaning equipment that may need repair or replacement
- Respond to emergencies in relation to cleaning hospital environment
- Assist in carrying patients if called upon
- Any other duties as may be assigned by supervisor