Inderjit Kaur

Seeking a position as an aged care worker.

• Patient Activities of Daily Living
• Assist patient with showering, bathing and bed washes
• Assist patient with oral hygiene, brushing teeth, and cleaning of dentures
• Assist with dressing and grooming of patients
• Observation of basic skin integrity and reporting skin condition to the RN
• Facial shaves of male patients and also nail care and many more.
• Patient Mobility
• Assist patients to transfer from bed to chair
• Assists patients to change position in bed
• Assists nurses with patient transfers and manual handling
• Patient Toileting
• Assist patients to toilet
• Provides bedpan / urinal
• Emptying, measuring and recording urine from urine collecting drainage bags.
• Reports any abnormalities to the RN
• Records urine output on fluid balance chart
• Performs routine urinalysis and reports findings to the RN
• Communication
• Maintain confidentiality, privacy and dignity of patients
• Demonstrate empathy towards patients and relatives
• Report conflict to an RN immediately
• Encourage independence in respect to delivery of Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
• Communicate effectively with RNs when reporting and acquiring clinical information and data
• Answer call bells in a timely manner
• Assist with telephone calls as required
• Immediately report any changes in patient’s physical and mental condition to the RN
• Reports any patient concerns or complaints to the RN
• Environmental Maintenance
• Implements infection control standards with all work undertaken
• Makes up post-operative beds and arranges bed linen as required
• Maintains patients’ surroundings and sink area in a clean and tidy manner
• Assists in keeping the treatment and pan rooms tidy
• Assists in restocking of the treatment room and linen room/trolley as directed
• General
• Assist the nurse to settle patients for sleep and rest periods
• Assist with bed making and bed making – independently
• Takes and records patients’ observations, temperature, pulse, respirations, blood glucose, blood pressure and pulse oximetry.
• Documentation
• Ensures all information and data regarding patients is recorded on appropriate charts and reported to the RN as required
• Completes patient documentation.
• Ensures that organisational policies and procedures are adhered to at all times
• Reports all incidents immediately to the RN, for example, verbal / physical aggression, hazards and complaints from patients / relatives
• KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in accordance with Health’s core values, policies and procedures.
• Practices in accordance with relevant legislation, Acts and agreements, workplace health and safety, equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination practices.

• Strong Customer Service Skills.
• Excellent Communication and interpersonal skills.
• Passionate, enthusiastic and ethical.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Friendly and a strong team player.

• Clinical skills, education and support within the unit to ensure the provision of best practice and quality patient care in line with ANMC competencies.
• Ability to critically think, perform manual handling task safely, maintain safe environment
• Demonstrated ability with decision making and problem solving
• Demonstrated skills and competency in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care delivered to the individual patient.