COMPANY DESCRIPTION
MINDS has been caring for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PWIDs) and their families since 1962.
Grounded in the belief that all PWIDs have innate abilities and talents, MINDS is committed to empowering them and enhancing their quality of life, while advocating for greater inclusivity for PWIDs as a nation.
MINDS is today one of the largest charities in Singapore employing more than 850 staff. With the key focus to expand community-based services, improving the employability of PWIDS, strengthening education, and engendering inclusive community living, MINDS offers a holistic range of services and programmes across the PWIDs' lifespan.
These include schools, employment and training development centres, home-based care services and community-based services to cater to the physical, psychological, environmental and social needs of PWIDs. For more information, please visit www.minds.org.sg.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the guidance of trained staff, (Nursing Aide/Supervisor/Enrolled Nurse/Staff Nurse), Health Care Assistant provides high quality of daily care, supervision and ensures the well being of the residents.
Their duties include assisting patients with daily activities, checking vital signs and assisting nursing staff when necessary.
She maintains up-to-date documentation of residents' conditions and care treatments and also provides inputs for the development and review of care plans. She ensures house rules are followed by residents and recommends measures to mitigate risk to the residents under guidance of trained staff.
She conducts activities for residents to promote health, wellness, and quality of life and provide basic care needs for the residents.
She should be caring, energetic, motivated and responsible at work.
Provide client care
- Provide personal care assistance to residents in their daily living such as toileting, bathing, dressing and grooming and ensure the residents good personal hygiene at all times.
- Provide supervise or assistance to residents during meal times
- Perform daily activities residents management according to care plans (ICP)
- Prepare residents for their various activities, meal times and bed times
- Assist in giving regular medication and when necessary, other medication under trained staff with proper recording.
- Assist the proper records of residents as instructed. (e.g. behaviour records, daily logs, home leave records, etc).
- Ensure that residents diet restrictions are adhered to.
- Assist trained staff to monitor and record bowel movement, menstruation, blood pressure, weight and height of residents on a regular interval.
- Conduct body checks on residents on a daily basis.
- Assist trained nurses in medical emergencies
- Maintain up-to-date documentation of clients' conditions and care treatments
- Provide inputs during case review and liaise with healthcare professionals for the development and review of care plans
- Verify accuracy of documentation of client's condition, progress and care treatments
- Review inventory for replenishing in medical supply
Maintain order, safety and cleanliness of the care environment
- Ensure client behaviours are in compliance to house rules
- Respond to unusual or challenging behaviours of clients
- Recommend measures to mitigate risk to clients
- Support the intervention implementation for managing the challenging behaviours.
- Perform housekeeping duties
- Ensure equipment is maintained in a clean and working condition
Manage care operations
- Perform daily handover to staff during changes in shifts
- Provide input to operations review meetings
Perform stakeholder engagement
- Assist the trained nurse in liaising with other professionals, volunteer Doctor, hospital and stakeholders involved in the case to facilitate provision of care services for clients
- Provide client perspectives and needs in development of care plans with professionals and other stakeholders
- Maintenance and updated documents for MSF licensing.
- BSN Graduate
- SQ Higher Certificate in Healthcare (Nursing Care)
- ITE Skills Certificate in Healthcare(Home Care) Programme
- Preferably 1-year relevant working experience
- Computer literacy skills MS Word and PowerPoint
- Must be in a good health
- Experience working with persons with autism, intellectual and/or developmental disabilities is preferred
