Trained Housekeeper (Kingston, Jamaica)

 

A hospitality trained housekeeper is required for a family of three (3) adults in the Kingston 8 area. 

Requirements:

• Two (2) to three (3) years experience
• Excellent cooking, cleaning and washing skills
• Must be able to provide certification, identification and references

Salary $120,000 per month.

Contact: (876) 909-4977 / (876) 410-9272.

Housekeeper wanted! (Jacks Hill, Kingston, Jamaica)

An experienced housekeeper is wanted three (3) days per week.

Location: Jacks Hill, Kingston

Pay: JMD $425 per hour

Requirements:

• Must have references

Contact: 

Send an email to: hillofviews@gmail.com for an application or send a resume. 

Registered General Nurse (Kingston, Jamaica) - Bellevue Hospital

 Applications are invited from qualified persons for the above mentioned position.

Job Purpose:

The Registered General Nurse is responsible for direct and indirect nursing care and treatment of patients/clients in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary care facilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Clinical

• Develops, implements, evaluates a nursing care plan for the individual patient/client using all relevant data.
• Observes and records vital signs and symptoms, adjust and modify care plan according to observation made of the patient’s physical and mental state.
• Interpret and administer prescriptions, treatments and monitors the patient’s action to ensure the best possible outcome.
• Anticipate potential predictable problems and institute early intervention to prevent or reduce occurrence eg. Disorientation, pain, physiological altercations, disturbance in acuity, rest and sleep patterns, elimination, and nutrition.
• Acts promptly and effectively in emergency situations.
• Performs nursing procedures that are appropriate to the need, age and acuity level of the patient.
• Provide personal care, comfort, supportive and protective measures which enhance patients coping mechanism in adjusting to illness and rehabilitation, mobility and independence.
• Employs nursing measures to facilitate patient/client physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual well-being.
• Monitor the nutritional care of patients with special attention to therapeutic diets.
• Document information promptly, clearly and completely and relates as necessary to relevant persons
• Ensure proper collection, identification, storage and safe transportation of specimens to the laboratory with appropriate requisition form.
• Perform simple diagnostic tests and interprets findings eg. Urinalysis
• Understand the proper functioning and utilization of equipment pertinent to duties being performed.
• Introduce and maintain rehabilitative, occupational, and recreated measures to facilitate progress.
• Participates in implementing disaster preparedness programmes at unit level.
• Participates in quality assurance programmes of unit.
• Ensures environmental safety of patient care unit and sees that appropriate health and safety measures are in place.
• Implements discharge/care plan including referral to appropriate agency.
• Performs and maintains a therapeutic nurse patient/client relationship.

Administration

• Supervises auxiliary and support staff where necessary. Assist in the cost effective usage of supplies and equipment.
• Assumes in charge responsibility when delegate especially afternoon and night duty.
• Assist in identification and requisition of equipment supplies, pharmaceutical agents including dangerous drugs.
• Participate in the preparation of ward reports.
• Assist immediate supervisor with general management of ward/facility and its immediate environs.
• Participates in performance evaluation of auxiliary and support staff; resolves personnel issues and or refers them to immediate supervisor.

Education

• Educates patients and families regarding his/her current health problems, self-care, and continuity of care through compliance with therapeutic regime, habitation and rehabilitation measures including occupational and recreational therapy.
• Teaches patients/clients and family health promotion, disease prevention and health maintenance.
• Participates in the clinical teaching and evaluate of nursing students and auxiliaries.
• Participate in In-service education.
• Attend professional education programmes.

Research

• Prepares and prevents case studies.
• Participates in evaluation and action research eg. Nursing audits.
• Contributes appropriate data through documentation.
• Participates in other research studies

General

• Responsible for own professional development through continuing education.
• Set goals for professional growth and upward mobility.
• Responsible and accountable for own practice.
• Recognizes professional responsibility as extending beyond the care facility into community and participates in community activities.

Required Qualification and Experience:

• Certificate/ Diploma/ Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing
• Registration with the Nursing Council of Jamaica
• Valid Nursing License
• New graduate with beginning professional skills to a maximum of five (5) years moving from novice to expert staff nurse.

Applications accompanied by resumes should be submitted no later than Wednesday, January 31, 2024 to:-

Human Resource Manager,
Human Resource Department,
Bellevue Hospital,
16 ½ Windward Road,
Kingston 2,

Or

Email: bvh.resumes@gmail.com


While we appreciate all submissions, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Enrolled Assistant Nurse (Kingston, Jamaica) - Bellevue Hospitqal

 Applications are invited from qualified persons for the abovementioned position.

Job Purpose:

Under the general directions of the Nursing team, the Enrolled Assistant Nurse is directly responsible to the nurse in charge of ward or department. The nurse in charge gives a specific assignment for patient care, taking into consideration the needs of the patient and skills of the assistant nurse. The Enrolled Assistant Nurse works within the limitation of the job description in giving care to selective patients.

Key Responsibilities:

CARE OF PATIENT

Hygiene

• Bed baths- am and pm care
• Oral hygiene
• Care of the hair
• Skin care, back care, pressure point
• Care of nails
• Care of feet
• Perineal care

Posture and Exercise

• Positioning and turning patients
• Assisting ambulatory patients
• Assist with exercise routine e.g. post optative

Nutrition

• Preparing the patients to receive his/her tray
• Feeding patients
• Assist with serving and carrying trays as necessary
• Intragastric feeding for selected patients
• Preparing and checking special diets
• Recording intakes

Elimination

• Handling bedpan and urinal
• Bedpan rounds
• Changing incontinent patients
• Tidying infants
• Simple enemata
• Collection, measuring and recording of:
• Urine
• Emesis
• Sputum
• Releasing Catheters
• Testing specimens for the albumen, sugar and acetone
• Preparing specimens for the laboratory
• Changing colostomy dressing and tidying patients

Treatments

• Administration of medication when delegated:
• Oral
• Subcutaneous-checked by nurse
• Application of compresses
• Septic dressing-simple
• Preoperative shaving and preliminary preparation of skin
• Douches
• Care of the body after death
• Preparing and supervising inhalation

Environments

• Safety
• Ventilation
• Lighting
• Cleanliness- shared by all ward nursing section, sluice room, etc.
• Cleaning and making discharge beds
• Privacy
• Barrier nursing

Observation

• Checking, reporting and recording vital signs
• Temperature, pulse, respiration
• Blood pressure

Rehabilitation

• Sharing the responsibility of the patients to the community

Care of equipment and supplies

• Sterilization of utensils, instruments and syringes
• Preparing linen for laundry
• Checking linen in and out
• Sundays and holidays- count of soiled linen
• Putting linen away
• Checking and storing patients cloths and valuables

TRANSPORTATION, MESSENGER, RECEPTIONIST

• Accompany patients to other department within and outside hospital
• Answering the telephone
• Meeting the visitors
• Errands to other departments-chart room, dispensary, etc.

Relationship

• Maintain good interpersonal relationship with the patients, visitors and staff.
• Expected to carry out procedures according to the rules of the hospital

Required Qualification and Experience:

• Diploma in Enrolled Assistant Nursing
• Registration with the Nursing Council of Jamaica
• Valid Nursing License

Applications accompanied by resumes should be submitted no later than Wednesday, January 31, 2024 to:-

Human Resource Manager,
Bellevue Hospital,

16 ½ Windward Road,
Kingston 2,

Or

Email: bvh.resumes@gmail.com.

Cook (Kingston, Jamaica) - Bellevue Hospital

Applications are invited from qualified persons for the above mentioned position.

Job Purpose:

Under the supervision of the Head Cook, Production Manager, Assistant Dietitian the incumbent is responsible for the preparing of patients’ meals to meet meal service target time.

Key Responsibilities:

In carrying out the job functions, the cook shall have specific responsibility to:

• Prepare all food items on menu according to standardize recipes
• Receive and check food items from Production Manager
• Do general baking for department and special hospital functions
• Execute pre-preparation of food items
• Follow prescribed recipes and methods of preparation
• Portioned prepared menu items and stack on tray lines
• Prepare pastries and sandwiches for meetings and functions
• Inform Head Cook and Assistant Dietitian of leftovers, follow standard instructions for storage or use

Follow all safety and sanitation policy and procedures for food storage, preparation and services:

• Clean and sanitize work area
• Report non-functional equipment, safety threads and hazards to Production Manager and Assistant Dietitian
• Make oral and written reports of all accidents to Production manager

Follow all Hospital and departmental policies and procedures:

• Attend all departmental meetings
• Attend all in-service training sessions

Required Qualification and Experience:

• Certificate from Heart Trust NTA in Food and Beverage Preparation
• At least one (1) year cooking experience preferably in a health care food service facility
• Valid Food Handlers Permit

Applications accompanied by resumes should be submitted no later than Wednesday, January 24, 2024 to:-

Human Resource Manager,
Bellevue Hospital,
16 ½ Windward Road,
Kingston 2,

Or

Email: bvh.resumes@gmail.com


While we appreciate and will review all submissions, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Early Childhood Practitioner (Portmore, St. Catherine)

 

Pre-school and daycare located in Portmore is seeking an Early Childhood Practitioner to work with one (1) to three (3) year olds.

Requirements

• NTCVET training or
• Early Childhood Training
• Must have good command of the English language

For further information contact (876) 388-6965.

Dental Receptionist (Portmore, Jamaica)

Join our team at the heart of dental care in Naggo Head, Portmore! We're in search of a friendly and organized Dental Receptionist to be the first smile our patients see. Your role will include greeting patients, managing appointments, updating records, and ensuring smooth communication with insurance providers.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Greeting and welcoming patients to the practice
• Scheduling, rescheduling or canceling appointments as needed 
• Assisting patients to fill out information forms
• Preparing patients' charts and daily schedules for dental staff
• Updating patient records and documenting recent treatments and procedures
• Scheduling follow-up appointments and providing telephonic reminders
• Communicating with medical insurance providers to determine if patients are required to make co-payments
• Verifying methods of payment and collecting payments as needed
• Performing general office duties, such as answering telephones, photocopying, filing and faxing

If you're a multitasking champion who loves to keep things running like clockwork, we'd love to hear from you!

Send resume and application letter to: kenrickbadchkam012@gmail.com

Domestic Helper (Kingston, Jamaica)

We are seeking a Domestic Helper to carry out cleaning and maintenance duties.

Preferred:

• Well mannered 
• Soft spoken 

Work schedule:

• Monday to Saturday (8 hours daily)
• Wages: JMD 15,000 weekly

Duties:

• Laundry
• Ironing
• Cleaning household

Whatsapp: (876) 507-3031 for more information.

Live-in Assistant for family in Kingston, Jamaica.

 A weekend live-in assistant (nanny/housekeeper) is needed for a family in Kingston to work Friday afternoon to Monday morning ever other weekend.  Pay is 10,000 per weekend (negotiable).

Duties will vary according to the needs of the family and may include childcare, cleaning, laundry/ironing and cooking.

Requirements:

• Ages 30 - 55 years old
• Must have childcare experience as a job and housekeeping experience
• Contact info for a past employer
• Clean police record
• Must be able to work every other weekend
• Must be able to read, write and do basic Math well
• Must be able to cook well

If interested, please Whatsapp (876) 892-0813 with the phrase "weekend live-in".

School Nurse (St. Thomas, Jamaica) - Seaforth High School

The Board of Management of Seaforth High School invites suitable qualified person to fill the Post of:

School Nurse

• B.Sc in Nursing 
• Must be Registered Nurse - RN2, or Enrolled Nurse
• Registered and licensed with the Nursing Council of Jamaica
• Two (2) years of experience 

The Chairman,
C/O The Principal,
Seaforth High School,
Seaforth P.O.,
St. Thomas.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Please note that applications closes on January 19, 2024.

Email: seaforth.highschool@gmail.com

Helper needed (Kingston, Jamaica)

 

A household consisting of two (2) adults in Liguanea (Kingston 6 area) requires the services of a helper for day's work. 

Requirements:

• Work schedule: Needed one (1) or two (2) days per week for ironing and general cleaning duties (on separate days)
• Preferably between the ages of 35 - 50 years old

Telephone: (876) 891-8164.

Caregiver/Housekeeper (Kingston, Jamaica)

 

A family of three (3) - includes a baby - seeks a well experienced caregiver/housekeeper. 

Requirements:

• Must be able to read, cook, clean and wash
• Must be great with children
• Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am to 7:30 pm
• Must be 35 years or older

Telephone: (876) 552-7600.

Office Attendant/Housekeeper (Falmouth, Trelawny, Jamaica)

 

An organization in Falmouth, Trelawny is seeking the services of an Office Attendant/Housekeeper. 

The ideal candidate must: 

• Have housekeeping experience in an office environment
• Have an awareness of customer service and setting up arrangements for meetings
• Be pleasant, mature and emotionally intelligent

Requirements:

• Must reside in very close proximity to the area
• Will be required to sit and numeracy and literacy test
• Should be able to present a clean police record

If interested, kindly send your resume to: livingstrong32@gmail.com