Health Attendant

Bright Hill Evergreen Home; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Singapore is seeking dedicated individuals to provide clinical care and support to residents. Responsibilities include attending to residents’ needs, assisting with personal hygiene, serving meals, and participating in recreational activities. Primary or secondary education is required. This role is essential for ensuring the comfort and well-being of residents.

Responsibilities

• Attend to residents’ needs, ensuring their safety and comfort.
• Assist with personal hygiene and cleanliness.
• Help with serving meals and feeding residents.
• Support nursing staff in transferring non-ambulant residents.
• Participate in recreational and social programs for residents.
• Ensure residents take their medications as required.
• Accompany residents for follow-up appointments.

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