Male Hospital Attendant (HSC/HS 1) - Mandeville Regional Hospital

Qualifications and Experience:

• Completion of Primary Education; 
• Completion of Any certified training in Support Services in Healthcare or passes in at least two (2) CSEC subjects, would be a definite asset; 
• Completion of hospital orientation, and moving, lifting, and handling of patients training. 

Specific Knowledge and Required Skills

• Excellent Teamwork and Cooperation 
• Customer Focus & Quality Focus 
• Possess good Integrity & Ethics 
• Knowledge of the Public Health Regulations and Sanitation Guidelines
• Ability to communicate effectively both in written and oral format 
• Ability to use Information, Communication & Technology 
• Knowledge of Hospital environment and services 
• Techniques in Lifting and Handling of Patients 
• Knowledge of Emotional Intelligence 

Key responsibilities will include:

• Reporting to the Chief Orderly/Designated Supervisor who deploys each Attendant to the necessary areas within the hospital where he will perform his duties as specified. 
• Transporting patients to Out-patients’ clinics, Casualty, to the Wards, for laboratory and radiology services. This is done with wheelchairs and stretchers given the required situation. 
• Assisting by lifting and supporting patients who are unable to walk. 
• Assisting nursing staffing with lifting and turning of immobile in-patients.
• Carrying out duties on the ambulance service periodically/when assigned.
• Being on duty in his/her designated area (except when on break), so that he/she 
• can be called by the Nurse, Doctor or any other member of staff, to assist in carrying out any function necessary for the benefit of patients and the organization. 
• Delivering items from one area of the hospital to another. 
• Assisting in maintaining the hospital buildings and compound by assisting in the cleaning of same. 
• Emptying and cleaning all garbage receptacles and replacing them in their appropriate areas. 
• Cleaning and keeping in good condition, all the tools he/she is assigned to work with eg. wheelchairs, stretchers, etc. 

SPECIAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE JOB:

• Normal hospital environment. 
• Physically demanding environment, which requires the skills and ability to do heavy lifting, and safely manoeuvre patients, wheelchairs, trolleys and other equipment. 
• Possible exposure to bodily fluids, exposure to body fluids and soiled utility, therefore use of protective gears maybe required in some instances.
• Duties and assignments are on a shift basis, and the incumbent, may be required to work extended hours if the need arises. 

NB. ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED.