Health Care Assistant - OBG

Date: ‎05-Jan-‎2023
Location: Sharjah, AE
Company: University Hospital Sharjah

Position Summary

To assist the nursing team in providing nursing care to assigned group of
patients, performing a variety of non-licensed patient care activities,
ensuring the safety, personal needs and comfort of the patients are met

Summary of Main Duties

• Participates in all aspects of the International Accreditation Programme to assist UHS to attain and maintain international accreditation standards


• Assists registered nurses in performing basic duties that are in line with the facility, MOH, JCI, FDON policies, procedures and standards


• Acts as a chaperone for patients as required, preserving the patient's dignity Assists nurses in turning, moving, or transporting patients on a stretcher or wheelchair.


• Tidies rooms reporting any unsafe situation to the team leader


• Assists with meal tray delivery and return, noting fluids taken and informing to assigned RN


• Assists those patients who are unable to feed themselves


• Making an unoccupied bed or assisting a RN to make an occupied bed


• Weighing of ambulatory patients


• Cleaning up after procedures, treating used instruments as per standard precautions


• Transporting of specimens as appropriate after ensuring that it is correctly labelled

Responsibilities

• Checks & stocks supply rooms as designated by team leader


• Demonstrates sensitivity to patients' comfort and privacy and expresses interest in their progress


• Accompany patients for x- ray procedures, ECG, CT Scan


• Accompany Physician during physical examination


• Participates in nursing continuous quality improvement initiatives, in service education programmes, unit meetings and committee functions as assigned by nurse in charge


• Initiates emergency, safety practices and fire safety measures as necessary


• Reports all incidents through agreed channels and chain of command, ensuring Incident report is completed, submitted to nurse in charge and any immediate action required taken


• Maintains and adheres to patient confidentiality at all times


• Responsible for attendance to yearly mandatory training as scheduled on mandatory training calendar


• Responsible for professional clinical practice and is actively involved in updating knowledge through educational activities


• Performs other job-related duties as assigned (within scope of practice)

Position Requirements/Qualifications

Required
* Minimum ‎2 years nursing experience or demonstrated related healthcare experience
* Proficient in verbal and written English

Desirable
* Diploma in nursing desirable but not essential
* Previous OPD experience
* BLS certificate

Position criteria Other Skills/Abilities

• ‎2 years nursing/assistant/healthcare related experience


• Proficient in verbal and written English

Advantage
* Previous UAE experience
* Experience of working in International accredited hospital (JCIA)