Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions tenable in the Ministry of Health.
JOB TITLE : WARD ATTENDANT
NO. OF POSITIONS: ONE (1)
GRADE : B
RESPONSIBLE TO : NURSING ASSISTANT
JOB SUMMARY
Responsibilities include maintenance of basic hygiene; clients/patients comfort and good nutritional status; infection, prevention and control plus control of linen.
MAIN DUTIES
MAINTAINING OF BASIC HYGIENE PRACTICES IN THE WARD/UNIT
- Gives daily bed baths, oral and nail care to very ill patients, give bed ridden ones water to wash by the bedside.
- Take care of the patient’s hair to prevent infestation with lice.
- Turn bed ridden patients and attends to their pressure parts regularly to prevent pressure sores.
- Does damp dusting of the beds and bedside lockers to maintain a healthy environment.
- Keeps the patient’s dishes clean to avoid breeding of flies cockroaches.
PATIENTS COMFORT
- Does bed making and changing of linen daily and when need arise to absences a clean and crease free bed.
- Conducts regular bedpan parades and avails bedpans in between as and when necessary.
PREVENTION OF CROSS INFECTION
- Sluices and disinfects sputum mugs, urinals bedpans and soiled linen to destroy bacteria.
- Airs and disinfect the mattress and bed after providing the last services to a client who has either passed away or been discharged.
MONITORING OF BED LINEN
Counts and records movement of bed linen pyjamas, and gowns to and from the laundry in the linen book which is counter – signed by the laundress.
MAINTAINING PATIENTS GOOD NUTRITIONAL
Feeds the patients who require assistance their meals as prescribed to sustain their optimal nutritional status.
OTHER ASSISTIVE TASKS INCLUDE
- Provides the last services to the client who passes on.
- Takes specimen to the laboratory and collects results for review and maintenance of the patients’ management.
- Labels and registers patients belongings in kit book and lock them away on admission.
- Accompanies patients to the X-ray department, Operating Theatre, Mortuary etc. In the absence of Porters.
JOB SPECIFICATION
C.O.S.C. / G.C.E.
All applications should be on relevant forms, GP 104 for serving officers, and GP 103 for job seekers, accompanied by certified copies of Educational Certificates, Marriage Certificates for married women, Transcripts, Performance Appraisals (for serving officers), Landlines or mobile phones for contacts.
Application forms are available at Ministry of Health and its departments throughout the country, and should be hand delivered to our offices or
Addressed to;
The Principal Secretary
Ministry of Health
Corner Constitution Road
Human Resources Office, 2nd Floor
P O Box 514
Not later than 22nd MAY, 2019