Healthcare Assistant (NH-Riverwalk)

Job Detail

• Complies with approved standards of nursing practices. • Participates in activities to improve the quality of care. • Attends to the needs of the residents. Ensures the safety, comfort and well-being of the residents and reports resident’s needs to the nurses. • Checks, monitors and records residents’ vital signs such as temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure. • Assists the RN/EN in basic nursing care e.g. caring for residents with urinary catheter. • Assists in the transfer and positioning of non-ambulant residents. • Ensures the comfort and good personal hygiene of the residents under her/his care, e.g. bed bath / shower bath, changing of clothes and bed linens, and keeping them clean and dry. • Assists in the transfer and positioning of non-ambulant residents. • Assists in the conduct of daily exercise for residents. • Maintains accurate documentation of care given. • Accompanies residents for their medical appointments and outing trips. • Alerts nurses to emergency situations. • Provides general housekeeping duties to ensure a neat, clean, safe and conducive environment for residents and staff.