Basic Care Assistant - (Patient care)

Responsibilities Attend to patients’ call bells Assists with lifting, transferring, positioning and transporting of patients Assist in ambulation of patients, assists in admission and orientation of new patients Attends to patients’ elimination needs – offers, removes and sanitize bedpans and urinals Assist patient with basic personal hygiene, change bed linen and perform bed making Conduct frequent/ regular rounds to attend to patient’s needs, comfort and safety Collect MRSA swabs (nasal, axilla, groin) and dispatch Clinical Observation, care of patient with urine catheter Observe general condition of patients and reports observations to the nurse-in-charge (e.g. behaviour change) Nutritional needs, perform oral feeding for patients with normal swallowing ability Orientate patient on ward environment and visitor policy Requirements Minimum qualification: PSLE / WPLN level 3 or equivalent. Conversant in English CPR/AED basic provider