Healthcare Assistant

Position: Healthcare Assistant

Reports to: Enrolled Nurse / Nursing Aide
Job Description - Prepares residents for baths and to bathe them. - Assists residents who need help to the toilets/bath rooms. - Performs personal hygiene duties for residents - Transfers residents to dining area and to bed. - Cleans and tidies residents after their meals. - Tidies up residents’ beds daily. - Changes bed linen weekly or whenever necessary. - Checks and changes diapers (only when soiled) every 4 hours and when necessary. - Helps in the serving of meals, feeding of residents and clearing of used crockery. - Sends residents to and from dining area, rehabilitation room and to their dormitories. - Attends to all residents needs/call bells. - Delivers soiled/used linen to the laundry area before off duty. - Distributes commodes/urinals/bedpans to residents who require them at night. - Reports any incidents or any obvious physical body change to EN/NA. - Makes frequent rounds to ensure residents are comfortable and resting on bed. - Fills up pitchers with boiled water in morning. - Assists Activities Coordinator to conduct games / social recreational activities with residents. - Attends In-House monthly Training Programmes, so as to update and upgrade own knowledge and skills. - Attends monthly Clinical Staff meetings, so as to be updated on the latest happenings in the Nursing Home. - Any other duties as directed by the Nurse Manager/Director of Nursing, as and whenever required.
Qualifications/Work Experience - Preferably Basic Cardiac Life Support Trained - Relevant Nursing qualification, e.g. Caregiver Certificate (Nursing) - At least 1 year of working experience in similar position in a Nursing Home. - Able to communicate with all levels of staff.