Healthcare Assistant

The Singapore Cheshire Home; Singapore; On-site; SGD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Singapore Cheshire Home in Singapore is seeking dedicated healthcare support personnel to care for residents across daily living activities. Duties include hygiene assistance, meal support, mobility aid, and companionship under nurse supervision.

Earned qualifications include a Certificate in healthcare support with willingness to work rotating shifts, including weekends and public holidays. This role emphasizes compassionate resident care in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum secondary education with Certificate in healthcare support.

Responsibilities

• Bathe residents and assist with daily hygiene routines.
• Make and tidy beds for residents.
• Apply ointments/creams and simple dressings as directed.
• Assist with serving and feeding residents at meals.
• Sweep and mop floors of rooms and dining areas after meals.
• Clean bathrooms, toilets, sinks and corridors.
• Wash sinks in residents' rooms and common areas.
• assist residents to bed during rest and sleep periods.
• Empty rubbish, bedpans and urinals.
• Accompany residents to hospitals and OPD visits.
• Turn residents at night to change sleeping positions.
• Change diapers for incontinent residents.
• Assist residents to use the toilet.
• Clean windows and doors as scheduled.
• Accompany residents on outings and special functions.
• Lock entrances and exits as instructed by the nurse on duty.
• Female HAs may take laundry duties in the absence of the Laundry Attendant.
• Male HAs may take kitchen helper duties in the absence of the Kitchen helper.
• Monitor residents’ vital signs and report abnormal readings to nurses.
• Perform any other tasks assigned by CNO and NOs.

Education

Certificate in healthcare support

Job description

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Bathe residents and attend to their personal hygiene, brushing teeth, toilet etc.

2. Make and tidy beds.

3. Simple application of ointment/cream and simple dressing for residents.

4. Help to serve and feed the residents at mealtimes.

5. Sweep and mop the floor of residents’ rooms and dining hall after each meal.

6. Wash bathrooms, toilets, sinks and corridors.

7. Wash the sinks in the residents’ rooms.

8. Help the residents to bed at rest time and bedtime.

9. Empty rubbish, bedpans and urinals.

10. Accompany residents to hospitals and OPD.

11. Turning residents at night to change their sleeping positions.

12. Change diapers for residents who are incontinent.

13. Help residents to go to the toilet.

14. Clean windows and doors etc. - as scheduled.

15. Accompany residents on outings and special functions.

16. Lock “Entrance” & “Exit” gates as instructed by Nurse on-duty.

17. Female HAs - Assume Laundry duty in the absence of the Laundry Attendant.

18. Male HAs - Assume Kitchen helper duty in the absence of the Kitchen helper.

19. Monitor residents’ vital signs and report any abnormal readings to the nurses.

20. To perform any other tasks assigned by CNO and NOs.

Requirements:

• Minimum secondary education with Certificate in healthcare support
• Able to work 6 days per week on rotating shifts (morning, afternoon, and night), including Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.