Health Care Assistant- NICU/PED

University Hospital Sharjah; Sharjah; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Sharjah is seeking a Nursing Assistant to assist the nursing team in providing patient care. Responsibilities include maintaining hygiene, supporting nurses with basic duties, and ensuring patient comfort. Candidates should have at least 2 years of healthcare experience and strong communication skills in English. Previous UAE experience is advantageous, as is familiarity with internationally accredited hospitals.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of nursing or healthcare-related experience.
• Proficient in verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Assist nursing team in providing patient care.
• Maintain a clean, safe environment following infection control practices.
• Support nurses with basic duties and patient mobility.

Skills

Verbal and written communication in English

Patient assistance

Basic nursing support

Job description

Overview

Date: 4 Sept 2025  Location: Sharjah, AE  Company: University Hospital Sharjah

Position Summary: To assist the nursing team in providing nursing care to assigned group of patients, performing a variety of non-licensed patient care activities, ensuring the safety, personal needs and comfort of the patients are met.

Responsibilities

• Actively participates in upholding and promoting the vision and culture of University Hospital Sharjah (UHS).
• Complies with all the UHS policies, procedures and fire regulations.
• Participates in all aspects of the International Accreditation Programme to assist UHS to attain and maintain international accreditation standards.
• Assists registered nurses in performing basic duties that are in line with the facility, MOH, JCI, FDON policies, procedures and standards.
• Maintains a safe, clean environment using approved infection control practices.
• Acts as a chaperone for patients as required, preserving the patient’s dignity; assists nurses in turning, moving, or transporting patients on a stretcher or wheelchair.
• Tidies rooms and reports any unsafe situation to the team leader.
• Assists with meal tray delivery and return, noting fluids taken and informing the assigned RN.
• Assists patients who are unable to feed themselves.
• Assists with making an unoccupied bed or assisting a RN to make an occupied bed.
• Weighing of ambulatory patients.
• Cleaning up after procedures, treating used instruments as per standard precautions.
• Checks and stocks supply rooms as designated by the team leader.
• Assists with maintaining a clean, safe environment.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to patients’ comfort and privacy and shows interest in their progress.
• Utilizes and ensures maintenance of equipment and instruments, reporting damages or malfunctions to the Bio-Medical department and nurse in charge immediately; includes quality control checks on refrigerators and monitoring of room temperatures.
• Undertakes a range of clinical support functions including preparing and stocking clinical areas in line with the protocols.
• Accompanies patients for X-ray procedures, ECG, CT Scan.
• Accompanies physicians during physical examinations.
• Participates in nursing continuous quality improvement initiatives, in-service education programmes, unit meetings and committee functions as assigned by the nurse in charge.
• Initiates emergency and safety practices and fire safety measures as necessary.
• Reports all incidents through agreed channels and chain of command, ensuring incident reports are completed and submitted to the nurse in charge with any immediate actions taken.

Position Requirements / Qualifications

• 2 years nursing/assistant/healthcare related experience.
• Proficient in verbal and written English.

Advantages

• Previous UAE experience.
• Experience of working in an internationally accredited hospital (JCIA).

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