Healthcare Assistant, Icu/Hdu

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 

• Provide nursing care that aligns with the vision, mission, philosophy, goals, and objectives of the nursing services and the hospital. 

• Notify the nursing leaders of any situations that impact the quality of care. 

• Obtain ward report and assignment at the beginning of each shift. 

• Daily routine: 

• Conducts regular nursing rounds to assess patients’ needs and communicate with them and their families. 

• Prepares and tidies beds before arrival of patient’s and linens, and as needed. 

• Organizes patients’ belongings and furniture during round. 

• Keeps the patients feeling comfortable and cheerful by giving them blankets if they are cold, positioning them. 

• Disinfects beds, equipment, mechanical ventilation machines, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), chairs and cardiac tables after used. 

• beds and equipment and. 

• Keeps the ward area, store and its facilities clean and tidy. 

• Assist the patient with filling the hot water flask if needed. 

• Answer phone calls and relay messages. 

• Attendants to patients call the bell promptly. 

• Assists nurses in transporting patients to and from the operating theatre. 

• Escorts patients to other services for diagnostic tests and from the unit to other areas upon discharge. 

• Dispatches specimens to the laboratory and collects results  

• Collect pharmacy and surgical supplies from pharmacy and the store as required to maintain adequate stock levels for operations. 

• Send out portable oxygen tanks for refilling or exchange, ensuring a continuous supply for emergency needs. 

• Assists the trained staff in various aspects: 

• Carried out of nursing care, such as patient comfort, safety, nutrition, hygiene, admission, transfer, discharge, dressing, intravenous lines, removal of cannula, catheterization, etc. 

• Cleans and disinfects the trolley and instruments after use and stores them properly. 

• Terminate the mechanical ventilation machines circuit during completion of treatment. 

• Records the daily charges for the items used in the ward and updates the patients’ charges accordingly. 

• Maintains the record of intake and output chart for each patient.

REQUIREMENTS