Jobs - Nursing Aides in Singapore (20 Nos)
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JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Nursing Aide

ACCOUNTABILITY:

Responsible to : Director of Nursing/Nurse Managers
Immediate to : Staff Nurse / Enrolled Nurse

DUTY HOURS:

44 hours per week (1 day off per week as per roster)
- Shift duty according to nursing roster
- Meal Break: 30 minutes
- Tea Break: 15 minutes

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Healthcare
- Escort the residents to and from the hospital/clinic whenever necessary.
- Take and record temperature, pulse and respiration.
- Drape residents for various types of examination.
- Administer enemas, perianal care and other treatments as directed.
- Apply hot and cold compresses.
- Keep record of residents’ food intake and output as ordered.
- Dress wound ulcers.
- Administer medications, dressings, special treatments, exercises, and other nursing services as prescribed, and requisite drugs from pharmacy.

2. Hygiene
- Assist with showering of residents:
- Ensure residents’ privacy
- One resident at a time
- Toilet him/her, shower & dry him/her, assist with dressing, attend to teeth and hair before returning him/her to bed/sitting room.
- Assist residents who have problems with mobility ensuing appropriate transfer and “lifting’ techniques are employed.
- Toilet residents 2 hourly or as required.
- Change diapers at specified time and when necessary.
- Give bedpans and urinals when needed.
- Clean and/or sterilize bedpans and commodes each time they are used.
- Change any resident who is wet and dirty.
- Cut finger and toe nails as required.
- Care of residents oral and dental hygiene incudling denture care and mouth toilet as directed by Staff I/C.

3. Nutrition
- Supervise and serve food to residents at bedside or dining areas as required
- Report any problems to Staff I/C.
- Ensure residents have plenty to drink.
- Collect dishes after meals for transport to dish room. Clean pantry dishes as required.

4. Exercise
- Assist ambulant/semi-ambulant residents to walk.
- Take non-ambulant residents for walk in a wheelchair.
- Passive exercises with those non-ambulant according to ward schedule.
- Help to exercise the chronically ill residents under the supervision of the physiotherapist.
- Encourage residents to participate in activities

5. Housekeeping
- Make the beds, bed sheets to be changed weekly or whenever wet or dirty.
- Wiping of residents lockers. Mop floors whenever necessary.
- Collect, sort laundry and put them away in linen cupboard when required.

6. Programs
- Assist in recreational and social programs.
- Ensure resident is aware and guided to all social, recreational and spiritual program activities, physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

7. Report
- Report and record any changes in behaviour or general conditions on nursing progress notes.
- Report and record any accidents or other incidents on specified forms.

8. Adhere to the nursing home’s policy on confidentiality.

9. Observe and work within the policy, philosophy and procedures set out within the nursing home facility.

10. Be a good steward by ensuring appropriate use of equipment and resources.

11. Attend staff meetings whenever possible and actively participate in communication processes.

12. Participate in staff development programs.

13. Keep Nursing Care Plans up-to-date daily.

14. Any other duties consistent with total care of residents and as directed by the in-charge pf the section or nursing home.

For detail information about the Nursing Homes and company and Partner please visit the following website.

http://allsaintshome.org.sg/ - All Saints Home
www.salvationarmy.org/singapore/peacehaven_nursing_home - Peace Haven
www.lkhsc.org.sg/ - Ling Kwang Nursing Home
ntuchealth.sg/nursing-homes/ - NTUC
www.samh.org.sg/sanh - St Andrews Nursing Home
www.pragmataki.com - Indian Consultant
www.focussearch.com.sg - Singapore Consultant