Health Attendant

Bright Hill Evergreen Home; Serangoon Garden Circus; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Singapore is seeking a dedicated individual to provide clinical care and assist with residents’ personal hygiene and comfort. Responsibilities include making rounds, serving meals, and supporting nursing staff in various tasks. Candidates should have at least primary or secondary education, with a compassionate demeanor towards residents. This role is critical for ensuring a safe and clean environment for all residents.

Qualifications

• Education level: Primary or Secondary education.

Responsibilities

• Make frequent rounds and attend to residents’ needs.
• Assist in ensuring comfort and hygiene of residents.
• Assist in serving meals and feeding residents.
• Help nursing staff with the transfer of non-ambulant residents.
• Participate in residents’ recreational and therapy programmes.
• Assist nurses to ensure residents take their medicines.
• Accompany residents to appointments and outings.
• Assist in last offices.

Education

Primary/ Secondary education

Job description

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical Care

• Make frequent rounds and attend to residents’ needs. Ensure the safety, comfort and well‑being of the residents and report residents’ needs to the nurse
• Assist in ensuring the comfort and good personal hygiene of the residents under his/ her care, and keeping them clean, e.g. oral toilet, showering and grooming, trimming of nails, changing of diapers, changing of clothes and bed sheets
• Assist in serving meals and oral feeding of resident without swallowing disorders
• Assist nursing care staff in the transfer and positioning of non‑ambulant residents
• Assist and participate in residents’ recreational, occupational, social and therapy programmes
• Assist nurses to ensure residents take their medicines
• Accompany residents to specialist outpatient clinic for follow‑up appointments and outing trips
• Assist in last offices

Quality

• Maintain a safe and clean environment, e.g. cleaning and mopping of spillage or discharges, cleaning of residents’ bed and bedside locker, making of beds
• Participate in staff development programmes
• Is responsible to be familiar with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and all emergency protocols

Administration

• Maintain accurate documentation of care rendered and confidentiality of residents’ information

Job Requirements

• Primary/ Secondary education