Patient/ Healthcare Assistant
Overall Responsibility
The successful candidate
shall provide comprehensive support services to admitted patients to enhance
their comfort.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist
patients to perform self-hygiene by providing bathing water, making beds,
and assisting in bathing where necessary.
- In
liaison with housekeeping, ensure that patient rooms/wards are always
ready for admissions.
- Escort
patients for admissions to the allocated rooms, perform room orientations,
and ensure the patients are comfortable.
- Perform
periodic ward visits to check on patients and escalate care where
necessary.
- Participate
in ensuring the patients have taken their meals and drinks.
- Assist
nurses in making occupied beds and NGT feeding for patients.
- Assist
patients in toileting by providing bedpans and urinals
- Perform
Ongoing cleaning of clinical equipment and working surfaces (trolleys,
stretchers, wheelchairs), preparing treatment/procedure/delivery rooms
prior to use.
- Assist
patients in onboarding and offloading patients from Taxis, ambulances,
cars or helicopters
- Maintain
inventory of equipment such as ripple mattress, wheel chairs, stretchers,
and stock take of toiletries, linen and other items used by the patient.
- Document
all patient responses to direct care/assistance given in the Patient
Assistants Care Plans and progress notes.
- Accompany
patients who have been discharged or referred out of the facility as may
be advised by the nurse in-charge.
- Transport
equipment, specimens, X-rays, patient records, patients and deceased
patients between wards, departments, theatres and out of the facility
- Assist
in administrative duties such as photocopying ward forms.
Job Requirements &
Skills
- A
Certificate in Nurse Aide/ Certificate in Healthcare Assistance
- Ability
to work with minimum supervision.
- Computer
literate and good reporting skills.
- Compassionate.
- Knowledge
of the Hospital’s Health and Safety policies and procedures.
How to Apply
- Interested
candidates are to email their cover letter and detailed curriculum vitae
ONLY; including names and contacts of three references, to hr@oasishealthcaregroup.com on or before 9 th March
2023.
- The
email subject line MUST include the position title being applied for e.g.,
“HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER”
- Canvassing
of any nature will lead to automatic disqualification.
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