Healthcare Assistant

• Assisting residents with their hygiene needs, such as bathing, hair care, dressing and undressing.
• Helping those who need help at mealtimes.
• Ensure dietary needs are adhered to, including special diets and supplementary drinks, under the direction of the nursing staff. Report if any client is not eating/drinking.
• Assisting the nursing staff to turn and re-position using the appropriate aid, i.e. Hoist, sliding sheets etc. Help those who need help with walking and limb exercises as directed.
• Escort clients within and, in some circumstances, outside the residence.
• Reporting to nursing staff any complaints of pain, distress etc., from clients.
• Cleaning and restocking of linen presses/wardrobes and ensuring personal clothing is in the correct locker/wardrobe. Ensure correct laundry bags are used, tied and labeled and brought to laundry.
• Care of incontinent clients, promoting continence awareness among clients confined to bed with their toilet needs.
• Toileting clients to include giving, removing, and emptying bedpans, urinals, and commodes and using bedpan washer-disinfector.
• Dispose of waste, including clinical waste.

• Level 5 in Care Assistant
• Experience in a similar role
• Good working knowledge of English
• Knowledge and willingness to apply safe working practices
• Knowledge of how to use the equipment necessary to carry out the assigned tasks.
• Garda vetting is required.

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