Compassionate Hospital Care Assistant | Patient Support

Oriental Melaka Straits Medical Centre; Malacca City; On-site; MYR 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Oriental Melaka Straits Medical Centre is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to support the nursing team in daily patient care. You will help with personal hygiene, mobility, feeding and basic clinical support, ensuring comfort and safety under nurse supervision.

The role requires 2–3 years hospital experience, English communication, and willingness to work shifts and be deployed as needed. Training and a collaborative environment are provided in a busy hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum SPM or equivalent.
• 2-3 years experience in hospital setting.
• Able to interact with customer, employees and third parties.
• Able to communicate in English.
• Honest with pleasant personality.
• High level of integrity and confidentiality.
• Willing to work on shift.
• Willing to be deployed.

Responsibilities

• Assist the professional nursing staff in providing total personal hygiene care.
• Assist in lifting and turning patients in bed or bed to chair or bed to trolley.
• Assist patients in and out of bed, to a wheelchair and to the toilet.
• Provide bed-pans and urinals and toilet rounds.
• Make bed-occupied, unoccupied and prepare post-anesthetic beds.
• Assist in serving meals, feeding patients, remove trays and assist with meal choices.
• Attend to patients' call bell and determine their needs.
• Clean used instruments and store them in designated place.
• Transport patients to other departments for tests and investigations.
• Ensure room is ready for new admission.
• Report faulty equipment to the registered nurse.
• Adhere to hospital infection control policies.
• Assist nursing team by moving items to/from ancillary departments.
• Undertake other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer interaction

English communication

Integrity

Shift work

Willing to deploy

Education

SPM or equivalent

Job description

Oriental Melaka Straits Medical Centre is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to support the nursing team in daily patient care. You will help with personal hygiene, mobility, feeding and basic clinical support, ensuring comfort and safety under nurse supervision.

The role requires 2–3 years hospital experience, English communication, and willingness to work shifts and be deployed as needed. Training and a collaborative environment are provided in a busy hospital setting.