CARE ASSISTANT, WARD 2

KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital; Ipoh; On-site; MYR 20,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in Ipoh is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to provide essential nursing care and support to patients. The role involves assisting trained staff, maintaining cleanliness, and ensuring high-quality patient care. Candidates should possess a Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia and preferably be certified healthcare assistants, with experience in a hospital setting being advantageous. Strong communication skills in English and Bahasa Malaysia are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a hospital setting is advantageous.
• Fluent in English and Bahasa Malaysia, both spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic nursing care and assist trained staff with nursing tasks.
• Conduct regular nursing rounds and maintain cleanliness in the ward.
• Notify nursing leaders of situations impacting care quality.

Skills

Basic Life Support

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia

Certified healthcare assistants preferred

Job description

General Description

Provide basic nursing care in accordance with established standards, work collaboratively with team members, and report any incidents or issues to relevant authorities to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Job Description

1. Provide basic nursing care that aligns with the vision, mission, philosophy, goals, and objectives of the nursing services and the hospital.
2. Notify the nursing leaders of any situation that impacts the quality of care.
3. Obtain ward report and assignment at the beginning of each shift and perform additional tasks as assigned by the Unit Manager or Senior Registered Nurse.
4. Perform daily routines: conduct regular nursing rounds to assess patients’ needs, communicate with them and their families; prepare and tidy patients’ beds and linens; organize patients’ belongings, furniture, and disinfect beds, furniture, and equipment after use; maintain ward, store, fridge, and facilities clean and tidy; assist patients with filling hot water flasks if needed; answer phone calls and relay messages; attend promptly to patient call bells; assist nurses in transporting patients to and from the operating theatre; escort patients for diagnostic tests and upon discharge; dispatch specimens to the laboratory and collect results; collect pharmacy and surgical supplies to maintain stock; send portable oxygen tanks for refilling or exchange to ensure continuous supply for emergencies.
5. Assist trained staff with nursing care tasks such as patient comfort, safety, nutrition, hygiene, admission, transfer, discharge, dressing, intravenous lines, and catheterization; clean and disinfect trolley and instruments; record daily charges and update patient charges; serve meals and prepare drinks; maintain intake and output charts; lift, turn, and position patients using correct body mechanics; accompany consultants during procedures and rounds in the absence of trained nurses.
6. Attend service meetings.

Education

• Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia
• Certified healthcare assistants preferred.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience in a hospital setting is advantageous.

Skills & Competencies

• Certified Basic Life Support.

Special Skills Required

• Fluent in English and Bahasa Malaysia, both spoken and written.

Personal Attributes

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Caring, honest, and responsible.
• Willing to work scheduled hours, shifts, weekends, public holidays, and respond to emergencies.