Healthcare Assistant II at Cedarcrest Hospitals

The Role

• Reporting to the Deputy Ward Manager, the Healthcare Assistant II will be responsible for aiding nurses and physicians with patient care and administrative duties.
• This role will maintain exam room equipment, space, and sanitize areas for patients. They will aide in patient care by recording and taking patient information, record documentation, and monitor patient vital signs.
• Under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse this role will record patient’s condition by taking temperatures, pulse, and weight; while assisting in other clinical duties.

Responsibilities

• Scheduling patient appointments, cancellations, and updating records
• Verifying patient identity
• Monitoring and taking patient vital signs and heart rate as needed
• Entering patient information into database
• Maintaining required records and documentation
• Ensuring patient confidentiality
• Recording patients’ conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, and weight
• Assisting with clinical duties
• Preparing correspondence, documentation
• Listening to the particular needs of patients and acting on these needs as appropriate
• Taking the temperature of the patient
• Taking the pulse rate of the patient
• Taking the respiration rate of the patient
• Notifying healthcare professionals if temperatures, pulse rates, or respiration rates seem abnormal or worrying
• Measuring the weight of the patient
• Measuring blood glucose levels
• Setting up equipment needed by healthcare professionals
• Assisting the healthcare professional whilst they administer therapy or treatment
• Recording the patient’s progress following each session of therapy or treatment
• Assist with the informal supervision of other assistants.
• Training staff and students - To assist with the induction, training and education of students, volunteers and other staff members.
• Assist the qualified practitioners to identify and address the training needs of other assistants.
• Participate in the training of other healthcare assistants and staff

Qualifications

• WASC Certificate or equivalent
• Certificate in Senior Community Health Extension Works {SCHEW} is preffered
• Strong desire to help people and improve their daily lives
• Two - Three years’ experience in a hospital environment
• Compassionate and sensitive to a patients’ needs and concerns
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exhibits patience and understanding
• Encouraging to patients and staff; able to mentor and lead
• Able to organize and manage large amounts of files, tasks, schedules, and information
• Able to perform clerical duties, maintaining files and confidential information, organizing documents as needed
• Basic Life Support certification preferred

Special Conditions

• Employment is contingent on passing a medical screening conducted by the hospital
• Employee will be subject to various testing including but not limited to drug and medical testing throughout the tenure of their employment
• Employee will be required to do heavy lifting of 22kg and more, as well as standing for long periods of time