What does a Healthcare Assistant do?

• Attends to patients’ needs in their activities of daily living and performs basic patient care procedures under the supervision of trained nurses.
• Job scope entails attending nursing support care training to stay up to date on skills for providing quality patient care.

Responsibilities

1. Establish rapport and maintain relationships with clients
2. Assist clients with common health conditions
3. Assist clients with common mental health conditions
4. Assist clients with feeding activities
5. Assist clients in toileting
6. Assist clients with elimination and perineal care activities
7. Transfer clients with or without mobility equipment to prevent falls
8. Measure and record vital signs of clients
9. Assist in administering medication for clients
10. Bed sponging (bed bath)
11. Assisted showering
12. Blood glucose monitoring
13. Stoma Care (cleaning and changing of stoma bag)
14. Collection of specimen [stool specimen, urine specimen [for Full Examination Microscopy Examination (FEME) and culture and sensitivity (C&S)]

Training Methodology

1. Synchronous & Asynchronous e-Learning
2. Classroom Training
3. Industrial Attachment