Patient Care Assistant (HSC/HS 5) - Annotto Bay Hospital

Job Purpose

Under the general direction of the Director of Nursing Services, the incumbent is responsible for the supervision of housekeeping personnel in all departments; coordinating activities to ensure areas are properly cleaned in a timely manner; preparing rosters, assigning duties, inspecting work, investigating complaints regarding housekeeping services, and taking corrective action(s). 

Minimum Required Qualification and Experience:

• Completed Secondary School Education; 
• Certificate/Diploma in Practical Nursing or its equivalent from an accredited tertiary institution;
• Training in First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR); 
• Three (3) years’ experience performing similar duties. 

Key responsibilities will include but not limited:

• Caring of patients’ units 
• Feeding helpless patients 
• Collecting routine urine specimen 
• Collecting stool specimen and any other specimen 
• Accompanying patients for procedures 
• Making beds, cribs and bassinets. 
• Assisting patients to and from wheelchair/stretcher. 
• Caring for patients’ skin, mouth, hands, and feet. 
• Caring of pressure areas. 
• Combing and brushes patients’ hair. 
• Tidying patients’ environment for hand over to next shift. 
• Preparing dressing and equipment for sterilization 
• Assisting in admission of patients: 
  • Putting patient to bed 
  • Helping unpack belongings 
  • Ensuring custodial care of belongings according to hospital’s policy 
• Assisting in discharge of patients:
  • Returning belongings to patients/family according to hospital’s policy 
  • Accompanying patient to hospital’s entrance exit 
• Caring of hospital equipment e.g. suction machine 
• Maintaining sterility of pick-up forceps. 
• Making dressings and assists with packing drums. 

ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED