Home Care Assistant

Dar Al Shifaa Hospital

Roles and Responsibilities:

• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall provide direct and indirect age specific care for assigned patients outside hospital facilities.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall employ her skills and knowledge to provide Nursing Care to patients at their place of residence outside hospitals facility as per scheduled shifts or inside the hospital.
• Treatments and procedures provided shall be in accordance to the physicians orders and based on her scope of service.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant has to abide by the Home Care program, workflow, schedule and instructions.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall attend the patient and help his/ her in their activities of daily living and promote comfort and better quality of life.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall be accountable for the clinical, educational, quality of care provided to the patients, using as reference the policies, procedures, guidelines and professional practice of hospital.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall work as per scheduled shifts assigned by the Home Care Supervisor under the supervision of the home care administration.
• Develop a prevention program according to the patients case (prevention of bed sores, prevention of pneumoniaetc.) following the Home Care guidelines.
• Respect patient s confidentiality and privacy.
• Preserve patient s dignity.
• Value patient s cultural believes and religious needs.
• Ability to perform lifting and deal with heavy weight patients.
• Ability to bath the patient alone.
• Change patient s position when needed.
• Ability to work for extended period of time while standing.
• Apply the ergonomic guidelines while working.
• Able to work under stress.
• Able to travel with patients when needed for an agreed period.
• Able to adapt to the patient s home environment.
• Able to attend training when needed outside the work hours.
• Able to work on shift rotation basis.

Qualifications, Competences and Skills:

Education: Diploma/Degree/GNM

Experience: Has at least 2-3 years of experience as patient assistant/home care assistant.

Preferable to have experience as Home Care Nurse assistant.

Licensure: Applicable as per the MOH regulations. Candidates need to submit necessary documents to apply for licensing process.

Language: Able to read, write and communicate in English

Computer Proficiency: Basic Computer skills.

Job Location: Kuwait