Healthcare Therapy Assistant

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<li>To ensure the safety and well-being of the clients under your care at all times. To be aware of safety procedures and never to leave clients unattended.</li>
<li>To provide person-centric model of care in daily operations.</li>
<li>To monitor clients during treatment to ensure their safety.</li>
<li>Assist clients in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) activities (e.g., urinary catheterization and urinary drainage system care), accompany clients to the toilet and assist them in elimination needs if necessary.</li>
<li>To assist clients with other nursing care or first aid (e.g., wound dressing).</li>
<li>Preparing clients and therapy equipment before each therapy session.</li>
<li>To assist and/or conduct routine exercises/ group therapy/ activities session as formatted by the therapists.</li>
<li>Donning and doffing of prosthetics, orthotics etc. when necessary.</li>
<li>To provide necessary feedback/ information with regards to clients’ behaviour to the therapist.</li>
<li>To be responsible for up keeping and maintenance of all therapy equipment and report any maintenance and repair required of the equipment.</li>
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<li>To maintain the cleanliness of the department.</li>
<li>To ensure that the department is locked up at the end of the day.</li>
<li>To work in liaison with the volunteers who are helping in client activities/sessions.</li>
<li>To attend and contribute regularly at the following:</li>
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<li>Staff meetings</li>
<li>Case conference</li>
<li>In-service and client/caregiver support programmes.</li>
</ol><ul><li>Any other duties as directed as and when required.</li></ul><h2>Requirements</h2><ul>
<li>At a minimum completion of Secondary education or equivalent</li>
<li>WSQ Certificate in Healthcare Support (Nursing Care) or relevant certificate preferred.</li>
<li>Experience in caring for clients with dementia preferred.</li>
<li>A team player with good interpersonal communications skills</li>
<li>Able to communicate effectively with clients and caregivers from diverse backgrounds; proficiency in additional languages or dialects relevant to client needs will be an advantage.</li>
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