Nursing Aide

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assume shift or night duties or be on call whenever necessary.

• Assist in wound management incorporating tracking of wound progress; and assist in assessing, documentation and reporting of wound condition to Nursing Officers in managing wound outcome.

• Pack, prepare and serve oral medication, topical application and subcutaneous injections.

• Assist the Nursing Officers in nursing rounds of Medical Doctor and other Allied Health Professionals (AHP) including Dietitian and Speech Therapist by preparing the required document.

• Assist in arranging residents to attend medical appointments, such as scheduling appointments, assigning care staff to accompany residents and arranging transportation.

• Prepare and arrange dressing trolleys.

• Ensure medical supplies and consumables are sufficient.

• Tidy up the clinic including Treatment room and Medication room.

• Serving and feeding of residents on Nasogastric / PEG tube.

• Supervise and assist care staff in handling toileting needs such as bathing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and commode of residents.

• Perform daily bladder washout for residents with Indwelling catheter.

• Assist the Nursing Officers to handle any emergency.

• Attend to emails, telephone calls and phone messages.

• Assist in recording cash donations and/or donations-in-kind in the record book provided.

• Assist in performing COVID clearance tests such as ART.

• Assist in migration of computer digitalisation when necessary.

• Timely documentation in the Care Management System.

• To perform any other tasks assigned by CNO and NOs.