Community Health Aides (HSC/HS4) | Westmoreland, Jamaica | Westmoreland Health Services

WESTMORELAND HEALTH SERVICES
C/O SAVANNA LA MAR HOSPITAL
BARRACKS ROAD
SAVANNA LA MAR
WESTMORELAND

Community Health Aides (HSC/HS4)
Salary: $1,545,377.00 to $1,836,968.00 per annum

 Applications are invited from qualified persons for the position of:

Westmoreland Health Services is currently seeking to employ Community Health Aides for the following areas: Whitehouse, Grange Hill, Beeston Spring, Negril and St. Leonards. The successful candidates’ core functions will include:

• Conducting home visits
• Providing care for the elderly including meeting their hygiene needs/support elderly persons to meet their physical, emotional and psychosocial needs/ provide care and support for senior citizens
• Identifying mobility needs and assist clients as required
• Observing, detecting and responding to signs of abuse
• Conducting periodic house to house survey of persons within the assigned
• area to obtain data on age groups and their health status, as directed
• Referring clients with health problems as necessary to members of the health care team and other agencies
• Assisting Public Health Nurses & District Midwives in identifying all expectant and postnatal mothers in assigned area and ensuring that they attend clinic early and regularly to receive adequate prenatal and postnatal care respectively
• Assisting with the care of persons with mental and psychological disorders
• Demonstrating knowledge of the stages of child development
• Guiding parents and guardians to understand their roles and responsibilities
• Providing basic information and strategies in sexual health for men and women
• Facilitating the provision of information to clients (males and females) on sexual and reproductive health
• Encouraging regular attendance at Child Health Clinic to facilitate the immunization of children in a timely manner
• Assisting the Public Health Nurse in mass immunization programmes e.g. documentation and crowd control
• Identifying signs of environmental risk factors due to mosquito, rodent and other pests as well as improper solid waste management and refer to appropriate personnel

Qualifications & Experience:

• Two (2) ‘O’ Level/CXC subjects; English Language compulsory
• Successfully completed a minimum of eight (8) weeks training approved by the Ministry of Health or HEART TRUST Certification in Community
• Health Aide/ Healthcare Assistant

Specific Knowledge/Skills Required

• General ability to read and write well
• Excellent Customer Service Skills
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills

Applications with detailed résumé should be submitted by March 19, 2026 to:
Manager, Human Resource Management and Development,
Westmoreland Public Health Services,
Barracks Road,
Savanna la Mar,
Westmoreland.

Email: wphsjobs@wrha.gov.jm

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.