Healthcare Assistant @ Sheng Hong Active Ageing Centre @ Sennett

Purpose of the Job

Responsible for caring for clients with various medical conditions in the Senior Care Centre. To perform direct care duties including nursing care, elimination management, attend to clients’ hygiene & grooming, monitor vital signs, ensuring clients’ safety during care, perform simple nursing procedures under supervision, diet management including assistance with feeding, handles medical emergencies, conduct activities and support clinical administrative duties.

Key responsibility areas

Perform vital signs monitoring and application of care for abnormal readings

Perform baseline checks like taking height and weight for clients on ad-hoc on monthly basis

Ensure safe transfer and ambulation of clients

Attentive and reports clients’ abnormal skin integrity

Ensure safe restraints of clients on wheelchair under doctor’s instruction

Assist in both group and individual activities for clients

Assist clients with all activities of daily living and report progress to Centre Manager and therapists

Elimination management such as toileting and changing diapers

Assist in safe preparation of food (example cutting, blending, reheating, thickener)

Feeding of clients and ensure proper supervision of clients during meal times

Attentive to persons with dementia and other mental disabilities

Activate clinicians and assist them in emergencies

Safe disinfection of rooms, furniture, equipment, used items and others

Washing of utensils used by clients

Handle blood or other body fluid spillages and safe disposal of waste

Escorting clients on transport to & from centre/clinics/medical institutions

Ensure safety of clients in transport and complying to safety measures.

Maintain PDPA and centre operational matters in confidentiality

Perform other duties as assigned by the Centre Manager/Management

Required qualifications and experience:

GCE levels / WSQ Certificate in Healthcare Support (Nursing Care). Minimum Diploma in healthcare or equivalent for overseas qualifications.

Minimum 1 year or above working experience in a Senior Care Centre, Nursing home or with similar settings.

Trained in BCLS or CPR or first aid.

Required Competencies:

Physically fit and able to assist in lifting or transferring of clients,

Able to converse in simple local languages and dialects.

Able to handle medical emergencies and take lead in absence of clinicians.

Reliable team member, possess positive work and good interpersonal skills.