Therapy Aide

at  Bright Hill Evergreen Home

JOB DESCRIPTION

Clinical Care

• Comply with approved standards of therapy practices
• Assist in the delivery of therapy services for residents as planned by the therapist
• Participate in activities to improve the quality of care
• Ensure the safety, comfort and well-being of the residents and report residents’ needs to the therapist/ nurse
• Assist in oral feeding of residents without swallowing disorders
• Assist in the transfer and pottering of non-ambulant residents
• Assist and participate in residents’ physical, recreational, occupational, social and therapy programmes
• Alert therapist/ nurses to emergency situations, incidents and behaviour change of residents. Where necessary, take first responder actions to mitigate the emergency and situation

Quality

• Maintain a safe and clean environment, e.g. cleaning and disinfecting therapy equipment
• Participate in staff development programmes
• Is responsible to be familiar with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and all emergency protocols

Administration

• Maintain accurate documentation of therapy rendered and confidentiality of residents’ information

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• GCE N Level / WSQ higher certificate in therapy services / Career Readiness Certificate (Operations Level) or equivalent
• Entry level
• Characteristic & personality
• Able to communicate with team members and maintain good teamwork
• Suitable for older workers as job duties mostly interactive with elderly residents
• Knowledge of Mandarin/ Hokkien dialects is an added advantage as interaction with Chinese speaker of elderly residents is required
• Able to physically handle non- ambulant residents

Please refer the Job description for details