Health Assistant/Ward Boy

Responsibilities & Context

Aid patients with the maintenance of hygiene and related activities;

Helping nursing and medical staff as and when required;

Organizing medicines, logs, and reports of patients;

Assist patients in and out of taxis, ambulances, or cars;

Transfer patients' files and x-rays between departments, and specimens to laboratories;

Transport specimens to laboratories;

Provide comforts to the patients and doctors e.g., tea, coffee etc.

Assist in the maintenance of stocks of linen and non-medical supplies;

Assist in lifting and turning patients, transporting them in wheelchairs, stretchers, or on movable beds between wards and departments;

Clean equipment in the pan room such as pan trolleys, buckets, pans, bowls, suction bottles and tubing, commodes, wheelchairs and seats, and rinse trays;

Attend emergency calls, fi res, and other urgent situations within the center premises and patient restraint;

Clean equipment in the pan room such as pan trolleys, buckets, pans, bowls, suction bottles and tubing, commodes, wheelchairs and seats, and rinse trays;

Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme's goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support,guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensurethe implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.