Patient Care Assistant HS 5

The North-East Regional Health Authority, a  statutory body under the Ministry of Health &  Wellness with responsibility for the management  and delivery of public health services within the  parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary and Portland, is  seeking a strong, dynamic, and proactive individual to fill the position of Patient Care Assistant at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital.

Post: Patient Care Assistant (HSC/HS 5) 

Salary Scale: $1,792,163 – $2,130,319 per annum 

Summary
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).

Requirements

• 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. 

Responsibilities

• 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.

Note

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Contact

The Director,
Human Resource Management & Development
North-East Regional Health Authority,
34-38 Ocean Village Shopping Centre,
Ocho Rios, St. Ann, 
Jamaica

Fax: (876) 795-2747

Email: jobs@nerha.org.jm

Base Salary: Undisclosed