Patient Care Assistant (St. Ann, Jamaica) - St. Ann's Bay Regional Hospital

 The North-East Regional Health Authority, a statutory body under the Ministry of Health & Wellness
with responsibility for the management and delivery of public health services within the parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary and Portland, is seeking a strong, dynamic, and proactive individual to fill the position of Patient Care Assistant at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital.

Summary:
Under the general direction of the Director of Nursing Services, the incumbent is responsible for the supervision of housekeeping personnel in all departments; coordinating activities to ensure areas are properly cleaned in a timely manner; preparing rosters, assigning duties, inspecting work, investigating complaints regarding housekeeping services, and taking corrective action(s).

Requirements:

• Completed Secondary School Education;
• Certificate/Diploma in Practical Nursing or its equivalent from an accredited tertiary institution;
• Training in First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR);
• Three (3) years’ experience performing similar duties.

Responsibilities will include:

• Caring of patients’ units
  
• Feeding helpless patients
  
• Collecting routine urine specimen
  
• Collecting stool specimen and any other specimen
  
• Accompanying patients for procedures
  
• Making beds, cribs and bassinets.
  
• Assisting patients to and from wheelchair/stretcher.
  
• Caring for patients’ skin, mouth, hands, and feet.
  
• Caring of pressure areas.
  
• Combing and brushes patients’ hair.
  
• Tidying patients’ environment for hand over to next shift.
  
• Preparing dressing and equipment for sterilization
  
• Assisting in admission of patients:
  
• Putting patient to bed
• Helping unpack belongings
• Ensuring custodial care of belongings according to hospital’s policy
• Assisting in discharge of patients:
  
• Returning belongings to patients/family according to hospital’s policy
• Accompanying patient to hospital’s entrance exit
• Caring of hospital equipment e.g. suction machine
  
• Maintaining sterility of pick-up forceps.
  
• Making dressings and assists with packing drums.
  

REMUNERATION PACKAGE PER ANNUM:

• Salary Scale: $ 1,792,163 – 2,130,319 per annum

Cover Letters along with resumé should be submitted no later than Friday, 2025 August 22 to:
The Director,
Human Resource Management & Development
North-East Regional Health Authority,
34-38 Ocean Village Shopping Centre,
Ocho Rios, St. Ann,

E-mail: jobs@nerha.gov.jm or Fax: (876) 795-2747

WE THANK ALL APPLICANTS FOR RESPONDING, HOWEVER, ONLY SHORT LISTED
APPLICANTS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED.