Job Description
Patient Care
- Assist patient in personal hygiene including:
- Bathing and/or assisted bathing for client who is too ill to take bath in the bathroom or for bedridden or handicapped client;
- Changing of clothes, undergarments, continence aids and any soiled sheets;
- Brushing of teeth and cleaning of dentures;
- Toileting and other elimination needs;
- Incontinence and ambulation care
- Lifting and re-position bed bound patients 2 hourly and conduct elimination rounds for non-ambulant patient
- Perform simple wound dressing and bandaging(dry wound)
- Feeding and assisting with oral and/or nasogastric tube feeding
- Assist in administration of medications and medication reminders
- Provide companionship and recreational activities
- Provide mentally stimulating activities
- Perform simple physical maintenance exercises
- Escort for medical appointment
- Attend to client needs and relay his/her request to the caregivers or Care Coordinators in charge
- Monitor and record of vital signs. Report of any abnormalities of presence
Light Housekeeping
- To identify and rectify basic home hazards to prevent falls/ slips e.g. wet floor, untidy walkways that prevent easy maneuver
- To ensure elderly’s passage way (bedroom, living room, toilet) is dry and clean by sweeping and mopping
- To ensure that kitchen stove and table is clean after cooking by Nursing Aides
- To wash the plates and pots after meals/ use if cooking is done by Nursing Aides
- If washing machine is available, to wash the elderly’s clothes and hang dry indoor
Infection Control
- Exercise standard precaution and hand hygiene when in contact with patients and environment or surrounding
- Educate patients and relatives on infection control practice
Other duties
- Assist ICS Care Coordinator in handling enquires and feedback from the referral sources and clients from home care services.
- Liaise and work closely with care team members and family members as well as any external partners involve with regards to client’s care needs
- Perform other care duties as assigned by the Operations Manager/Nurse Manager
Job Requirements
- GCE N Levels and above
- WSQ Higher Certificate /Advanced Certificate in Healthcare Support (Nursing Care)
- Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Approved Training Centre (ATC) Healthcare (Home Care) programme
- Minimum 1 to 2 years of similar experience, preferably with healthcare background
- Good listener, outgoing and meticulous
- Able to adapt in a fast pace environment
Interested applicants, please feel free to reach out to us at my email address [email protected]
EA Reg No.: R1436439 | EA Licence: 17C8713
** Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
