Nursing Aide

Key responsibilities include:

• Supports the policies and procedures of the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) and maintains the standards of nursing practices
• Attends to and assist with activities of daily living i.e. feeding, bathing, grooming, toileting, and mobilizing (except operating and recovery rooms)
• Assist with the providing comfort measures and ensure patient safety
• Observe and reports patients symptoms, reactions, and progress
• Takes and records temperatures, pulse, and respirations. Records intake and output
• Administers evacuation enemas and evacuations suppositories. Gives bed pans and urinals
• Tests routine and diabetic urine and collects specimens for diagnostic test
• Assist with admissions, transfers, discharges, care of the deceased and transportation of the bodies to the morgue

Qualifications &/ Registration required:

• High school Graduate
• Certificate of completion for the Nursing Assistant Course at Bermuda College or equivalent programme is required and/or Geriatric Aid Certification
• Current registration as required by the Bermuda Nursing Council
• Must be capable of safely lifting with approved device
• Current CPR certification required