Oasis Healthcare Group Limited is Kenya’s first and largest countrywide fully-integrated private healthcare system, registered in October 2015 and born out of the Oasis Group Practice model of health services provision to harmonize the various companies & facilities existing across the country under the Oasis umbrella.
We
currently have facilities in the following counties: Kisii, Nyamira, Migori,
Homa Bay, Siaya, Uasin-Gishu, Kitui, Nairobi, Kakamega, Bungoma and Busia.
We
are currently looking for a qualified and dedicated candidate to fill the
following position;
Job
Title: Patient /
Healthcare Assistant
Location: Siaya
/ Homabay / Kisii
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
Application
Instructions
Interested
candidates to email their cover letter and detailed curriculum vitae ONLY;
including names and contacts of three references, to
hr@oasishealthcaregroup.com on or before 9th March, 2023.
The
email subject line MUST include position title being applied for e.g., “HUMAN
RESOURCE OFFICER”
Canvassing
of any nature will lead to automatic disqualification.