Job Responsibilities:
- Supply and empty bed pans.
- Bathe, dress and patients.
- Serve meal trays, feed or assist in feeding of patients and assist patients with menu selection.
- Weigh, lift, turn, and position patients.
- Shave patients prior to operations.
- Supervise patients’ exercise routines, setup and provide leisure activities for patients accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort.
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse; report or record fluid intake and output; observe or monitor patients' status and document patient care on charts; administer first aid in emergency situations; collect specimens such as urine, faeces or sputum; and perform other procedures as directed by nursing and hospital staff.
- Transport residents by wheelchair or stretcher for treatment or surgery.
- Carry messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments.
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Maintain inventory of supplies.
- May transport patients between care facilities.
