Health Care Assistant
Aria Villages and Aria Garden Home and Hospital
Epsom, Auckland
01.2009 - 01.2014
- Provided assistance to patients with activities of daily living, such as bathing and dressing.
- Assisted with cleaning of rooms between patients; restocked supplies as needed.
- Answered call lights promptly and responded to patient requests in a timely manner.
- Provided comfort measures such as back rubs and positioning of bedridden patients.
- Collected specimens from patients according to established procedures.
- Assisted in transferring patients from wheelchair or bed using appropriate techniques.
- Helped feed residents who are unable to feed themselves due to disability or illness.
- Checked vital signs regularly including temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, blood pressure.
- Documented and reported observations of patient behavior, complaints or physical symptoms to nurses.
- Assisted nurses with wound care for pressure ulcers, bed sores and surgical site wounds.