Assistant Nurse (Female)

Maseera; Asia; Presencial; PEN 18.000 - 30.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Home Care Nurse assistant at Maseera delivers direct and indirect age-appropriate nursing care for patients in their homes, outside hospital facilities, following scheduled shifts and physician orders. Work is performed under the Home Care Supervisor with supervision from home care administration and hospital policies.

Responsibilities include infection control, ADL assistance, and reporting changes in patient condition while ensuring patient safety, comfort and quality of care in the home

Formación

• Provide direct and indirect age-specific nursing care to patients in their homes.
• Adhere to physician orders and scope of service for home care.
• Abide by Home Care program, workflow, schedule and instructions.

Responsabilidades

• Prevent the spread of infection at home.
• Inform supervisors and families of changes or deterioration in the client's condition.
• Bath the client (new born, bed ridden, ambulatory).
• Dress the client (from assisting to total dependent dressing).
• Assist the patient to eliminate emissions with bedpans/urinals and provide continence care.
• Bedding for bed-ridden patients cleanup and arrangement.
• Care for catheter drainage and record intake/output.
• Assist in feeding and hydration; prepare formulas for newborns.
• Assist with range of motion exercises and repositioning to prevent bedsores.
• Assist in ambulation or transportation using wheelchairs, walkers, or canes.
• Organize the patient's room and preserve personal belongings.
• Read for the patient if required.
• Perform post-mortem care when needed.
• Report any misuse or damage of instruments or equipment.

Descripción del empleo

• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall provide direct and indirect age specific care for assigned patients outside hospital facilities.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall employ her skills and knowledge to provide Nursing Care to patients at their place of residence outside hospital's facility as per scheduled shifts or inside the hospital.
• Treatments and procedures provided shall be in accordance to the physician's orders and based on her scope of service.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant has to abide by the Home Care program, workflow, schedule and instructions.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall attend the patient and help his/ her in their activities of daily living and promote comfort and better quality of life.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall be accountable for the clinical, educational, quality of care provided to the patients, using as reference the policies, procedures, guidelines and professional practice of hospital.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall work as per scheduled shifts assigned by the Home Care Supervisor under the supervision of the home care administration.

Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards:

1. Clinical Responsibilities

• Prevent the spread of infection at home, in the client's room.
• each and aware family members on all safety measures to be taken for the new born or the elderly patient.
• Document all activities done on the patient data sheet.
• Inform the supervisors and families in case of any changes or deterioration in the client's condition.
• Bath the client (new born, bed ridden, ambulatory patient)
• Dress the client (from assisting to total dependent dressing)
• Assist the patient to eliminate his feces (assisting with bedpans and urinals, providing incontinent care as needed, assisting patient to bathroom)
• Do the bedding for bed-ridden patients.
• Catheter care (emptying drainage bags, recording intake and output)
• Assist in feeding (feeding patient, serving meals, assisting with hydration needs, prepare formulas for new born)
• Help with Range of motion exercises and position the patient when needed to prevent bedsores.
• Assist in ambulation or transporting patient in wheelchair and ambulation with walkers and canes.
• Organize patient's room, preserve his personal belonging.
• Read for the patient if required.
• Perform Post mortem care when needed.
• Report any misuse or damage of any instrument or equipment used.