Care Associate (Home Care)(Full-time)
NTUC Health
- Singapore
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Have positive conversation, chit chat and provide a listening ear to client and client with dementia
- Conduct mind stimulating games, simple card or board games with client.
- Engage in recreational activities according to client's interest e.g. reading newspaper, playing musical instruments, singing, etc.
- Change diapers, clean and dry body parts
- Full body bed sponging (wash hair on bed, if required), including cleaning of face, eye, mouth, teeth and ear.
- Assist to toilet for showering and assist with showering
- Apply moisturizer and topical cream, if required.
- Strengthen joints and muscles of lower and upper limbs by conducting range of motion and joint movement exercises (from head to toe)
- To transfer client from bed to commode or wheelchair or chair and back
- To run errands or do grocery shopping with/without client to markets/shops within approximately 5-10 minutes' walk from the client's home.
- To cook simple home-cooked food that does not take more than 45 mins to prepare or buy healthy food from outside for client only
- To identify and rectify basic home hazards to prevent falls / slips e.g. wet floor, untidy walkways that prevent easy maneuver
- To ensure client's living space (bedroom, living room, toilet, hallways) is dry and clean by sweeping, mopping and tidying
- To ensure that kitchen stove and table is clean after cooking
- To wash the plates and pots after meals / use
- If washing machine is available, to wash the client's clothes and hang dry
- To assist with walking and boarding the transport vehicle
- To guide client around the clinic/hospital premises
- To collect medications/ receipts and explain to client/ caregiver
- To accompany and assist the client in the examination room;
- To securely carry the client's documents
- Preferably GCE O-Level
- Good interpersonal skills
- Passion in community services and service-oriented
- ITE/Certificates in Healthcare related courses is an added advantage
- Able to speak one or more dialects is an added advantage