Healthcare Assistant

GREEN AVENUE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

GREEN AVENUE PTE. LTD. is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to support residents with daily living activities in a nursing home setting.

The role involves assisting with bathing, personal hygiene, feeding, mobility, and daily comfort, while maintaining a clean, safe environment and timely communication with nursing staff. The candidate should have a caregiver certificate or nursing qualification, at least 1 year of nursing home experience, and good communication skills to work with all levels of

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of working experience in a nursing home.
• Caregiver certificate or nursing qualification preferred.
• Able to communicate with all levels of staff.

Responsibilities

• Prepares residents for baths and assists with bathing.
• Assists residents to toilets/bath rooms as needed.
• Performs personal hygiene duties for residents.
• Transfers residents to dining area and to bed.
• Cleans and tidies residents after meals and changes bed linen regularly.
• Checks and changes diapers when necessary (every 4 hours).
• Helps in serving meals and feeding residents.
• Attends to residents' call bells and needs, including night duties with supplies.
• Delivers soiled linen to laundry and assists in housekeeping tasks.
• Attends monthly training and clinical staff meetings to update skills.

Skills

Communication skills

Basic Life Support

Education

Caregiver Certificate (Nursing)

Job description

Position: Healthcare Assistant

Reports to: Enrolled Nurse / Nursing Aide

Job Description

• Prepares residents for baths and to bathe them.
• Assists residents who need help to the toilets/bath rooms.
• Performs personal hygiene duties for residents
• Transfers residents to dining area and to bed.
• Cleans and tidies residents after their meals.
• Tidies up residents’ beds daily.
• Changes bed linen weekly or whenever necessary.
• Checks and changes diapers (only when soiled) every 4 hours and when necessary.
• Helps in the serving of meals, feeding of residents and clearing of used crockery.
• Sends residents to and from dining area, rehabilitation room and to their dormitories.
• Attends to all residents needs/call bells.
• Delivers soiled/used linen to the laundry area before off duty.
• Distributes commodes/urinals/bedpans to residents who require them at night.
• Reports any incidents or any obvious physical body change to EN/NA.
• Makes frequent rounds to ensure residents are comfortable and resting on bed.
• Fills up pitchers with boiled water in morning.
• Assists Activities Coordinator to conduct games / social recreational activities with residents.
• Assist with Housekeeping Duties such as Disinfecting surfaces,Floor and restroom care and Ad-hoc cleanups.
• Attends In-House monthly Training Programmes, so as to update and upgrade own knowledge and skills.
• Attends monthly Clinical Staff meetings, so as to be updated on the latest happenings in the Nursing Home.
• Any other duties as directed by the Nurse Manager/Director of Nursing, as and whenever required.

Qualifications/Work Experience

• Preferably Basic Cardiac Life Support Trained
• Relevant Nursing qualification, e.g. Caregiver Certificate (Nursing)
• At least 1 year of working experience in similar position in a Nursing Home.
• Able to communicate with all levels of staff.