We are seeking experienced and enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to join our team at Bloomfield Hospital.
This is a great opportunity for both experienced and newly qualified Healthcare Assistants to be an active part of a committed multidisciplinary team and to make a significant contribution in the area of mental health.
Work Location: Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham Dublin 16, Ireland
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Hours of work: 39 hours weekly/ 78 hours fortnightly. Shift assignments will include day, night, bank and weekend shifts, and require flexibility to meet the needs of the service.

• Wash patients in bed shower or bath as required.
• Making beds.
• Help patients/residents to dress. Lift, move, turn, and re-position patients, using the appropriate equipment at all times.
• Care of incontinent, colostomy, and ileostomy patients. Supervise incontinent, colostomy, and ileostomy patients in toilets, on commodes, and in bathrooms and assist with appropriate hygiene and incontinence wear. Give and remove bedpans, urinals, and commodes as required.
• Record and monitor bowel function, measuring urinary output, output from IDC, and urostomy. Notify nursing staff throughout the shift.
• Understand, assist, and promote patients’ oral hygiene including denture care. Care for patients’ hair and nails as required. Shave male patients.
• Mobilise and help patients to exercise as required.
• Ensure the comfort and safety of patients are met as per local policy.
• Assist patients/residents as per care plan with nutritional intake and record keeping of same.
• Assist nurses with procedures when necessary.
• Weigh patients using appropriate equipment specific to the patient’s/resident’s needs. Record, inform, and report to nursing staff.
• Give and remove emesis containers and sputum cartons.
• Understand the basics of skin integrity and promote and maintain the same through positive interventions.
• Maintain active communication with nursing staff.
• Assist the nursing staff with pressure sore prevention and care.