Summary
Date Posted: Sunday, February 26, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Patient/Healthcare Assistant - Siaya

Overall Responsibility
The successful candidate shall provide comprehensive support services to admitted patients to enhance their comfort.

Key Responsibilities:
• Assist patients to perform self-hygiene by providing bathing water, making beds, and assisting in bathing where necessary.
• In liaison with housekeeping, ensure that patient rooms/wards are always ready for admissions.
• Escort patients for admissions to the allocated rooms, perform room orientations, and ensure the patients are comfortable.
• Perform periodic ward visits to check on patients and escalate care where necessary.
• Participate in ensuring the patients have taken their meals and drinks.
• Assist nurses in making occupied beds and NGT feeding for patients.
• Assist patients in toileting by providing bedpans and urinals
• Perform Ongoing cleaning of clinical equipment and working surfaces (trolleys, stretchers, wheelchairs), preparing treatment/procedure/delivery rooms prior to use.
• Assist patients in onboarding and offloading patients from Taxis, ambulances, cars or helicopters
• Maintain inventory of equipment such as ripple mattress, wheel chairs, stretchers, and stock take of toiletries, linen and other items used by the patient.
• Document all patient responses to direct care/assistance given in the Patient Assistants Care Plans and progress notes.
• Accompany patients who have been discharged or referred out of the facility as may be advised by the nurse in-charge.
• Transport equipment, specimens, X-rays, patient records, patients and deceased patients between wards, departments, theatres and out of the facility
• Assist in administrative duties such as photocopying ward forms.

Job Requirements & Skills
• A Certificate in Nurse Aide/ Certificate in Healthcare Assistance
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Computer literate and good reporting skills.
• Compassionate.
• Knowledge of the Hospital’s Health and Safety policies and procedures

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
• Interested candidates are to email their cover letter and detailed curriculum vitae ONLY; including names and contacts of three references, to hr@oasishealthcaregroup.com  on or before 9 th March 2023.
• The email subject line MUST include the position title being applied for e.g., “HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER”
• Canvassing of any nature will lead to automatic disqualification.

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