Opis ponude za posao
Hours of work: 39 hours weekly/ 78 hours fortnightly. Shift assignments will include day, night, bank and weekend shifts, and require flexibility to meet the needs of the service.
Responsibilities:
- Wash patients in bed shower or bath as required.
- Making beds.
- Help patients/residents to dress. Lift, move, turn, and re-position patients, using the appropriate equipment at all times.
- Care of incontinent, colostomy, and ileostomy patients. Supervise incontinent, colostomy, and ileostomy patients in toilets, on commodes, and in bathrooms and assist with appropriate hygiene and incontinence wear. Give and remove bedpans, urinals, and commodes as required.
- Record and monitor bowel function, measuring urinary output, output from IDC, and urostomy. Notify nursing staff throughout the shift.
- Understand, assist, and promote patients’ oral hygiene including denture care. Care for patients’ hair and nails as required. Shave male patients.
- Mobilise and help patients to exercise as required.
- Ensure the comfort and safety of patients are met as per local policy.
- Assist patients/residents as per care plan with nutritional intake and record keeping of same.
- Assist nurses with procedures when necessary.
- Weigh patients using appropriate equipment specific to the patient’s/resident’s needs. Record, inform, and report to nursing staff.
- Give and remove emesis containers and sputum cartons.
- Understand the basics of skin integrity and promote and maintain the same through positive interventions.
- Maintain active communication with nursing staff.
- Assist the nursing staff with pressure sore prevention and care.
Uvjeti radnog mjesta
- The successful candidate will have completed a QQI Level 5 or Fetac 5 (8 modules) in Healthcare or Pre-Nursing or similar Nursing Qualification.
- Minimum 1 year of relevant experience.
- Previous experience in a psychiatric environment is an advantage.
- Care Skills and Care Support are essential.
Dodatne pogodnosti
- Fixed roster patterns
- Generous healthcare staff shift premiums (25% night duty, double time Sundays and bank holidays)
- Contributory pension
- Career development
- Comprehensive training programmes
- Further education supports
- Employee Well-being programme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free onsite staff parking
- Subsidized onsite restaurant
- Cycle to work scheme
Ograničenja povezana s poslom
The successful candidate must have completed a QQI Level 5 or Fetac 5 (8 modules) in Healthcare or Pre-Nursing or similar Nursing Qualification.
