Ward Attendant

Partners in Health Job title: Ward Attendant Reporting to: Nursing Assistant/Nursing Sister × 2 Duty station: Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital 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 include but are not limited to: Maintaining of basic hygiene practices in the Ward/Unit • Gives daily bed baths, and oral and nail care to very ill patients, and gives the bedridden water to wash by the bedside. • Take care of the patient`s hair to prevent infection. • Turn bedridden 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 the breeding of flies and cockroaches. Patients` comfort • Does bed making and changing of linen daily and when the need arises to absence 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 pajamas, and gowns to and from the laundry in the linen book which is countersigned by the laundress. • Maintaining patients` good nutrition • Feeds the patients who require assistance with their meals as prescribed to sustain their optimal nutritional status. Other assistive duties include • Takes specimens to the laboratory and collects results for review and maintenance of the patient`s management. • Labels and registers patients` belongings in the kit book and locks them away on admission. • Accompanies patients to the X-ray department, Operating Theatre, Mortuary, etc. in the absence of Porters Job specification • Pass in C.O.S.C / G.C.E How to apply: Interested candidates should e-mail their applications (subject line should be the position being applied for) and detailed CV’s including three names of traceable referees with valid telephone numbers and email addresses to: lesothorecruitment@pih.org not later than 24th May 2023. The referees should include the most recent supervisor/s. Hand delivered applications will not be accepted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.