Health Care Assistant
HERITAGE LIFE CARE COLWYN HOUSE
HASTINGS, HAWKES BAY
07.2023 - Current
- Assisted with cleaning of rooms between patients; restocked supplies as needed.
- Communicated with patients to determine feelings, need for assistance or social and emotional support.
- Provided physical support to assist patients with bathing, dressing and toileting.
- Measured and recorded food and liquid intake and output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
- Assisted in transferring patients from wheelchair or bed using appropriate techniques.
- Supported daily living activities by serving meals, feeding, ambulating and turning over and positioning patients.
- Planned and served meals and snacks to patients according to prescribed diets.
- Provided assistance to patients with activities of daily living, such as bathing and dressing.
- Turned and repositioned bedridden patients to prevent bedsores.
- Answered patient call signals and signal lights to determine patients' needs.