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General Duty Assistant
Job Description Individuals on the job provide patient care and help maintain a suitable environment. Some of the key responsibilities of the General Duty Assistant are to provide the patient’s daily care, patient’s comfort, patient’s safety and patient’s health needs.
Personal Attributes This job requires the individual to work in collaboration with Doctors and Nurses and other healthcare providers and deliver the healthcare services as suggested by them. The individual should be result-oriented. The individual should also be able to demonstrate basic patient care skills, communication skills, and ethical behaviour. The individual should be willing to work inwards or clinics in shifts.
Eligibility criteria
Applicant who have cleared Class- X from any recognized board
As a General Duty Assistant, candidates will have the
understanding of-
As a General Duty Assistant, candidates will have the
understanding of-
Healthcare Systems
Broad functions of Patient Care Assistant
Human BodyStructure & Function
Personnel Hygiene & Professional Behaviour
Bio Medical Waste Management
Emergency Medical Response
Body Mechanics
Positioning/Transferring/Mobility of patients
Observing and Reporting
Consent, Documentation & Records
Patient’s Rights & Environment
Patient – Basic care and needs
Elimination and Bed Making
Fall Prevention and Mortuary Management
Role of General Duty Assistant – Sanitation, Safety & First Aid
Infections control and prevention
Institutional Emergencies, Fire safety and & security
Emergencies in health care and response to patient call
Basic Computer Knowledge
Soft Skills And Communications
Healthcare Systems
Broad functions of Patient Care Assistant
Human BodyStructure & Function
Personnel Hygiene & Professional Behaviour
Bio Medical Waste Management
Emergency Medical Response
Body Mechanics
Positioning/Transferring/Mobility of patients
Observing and Reporting
Consent, Documentation & Records
Patient’s Rights & Environment
Patient – Basic care and needs
Elimination and Bed Making
Fall Prevention and Mortuary Management
Role of General Duty Assistant – Sanitation, Safety & First Aid
Infections control and prevention
Institutional Emergencies, Fire safety and & security
Emergencies in health care and response to patient call
Basic Computer Knowledge
Soft Skills And Communications
Career Progression
A General Duty Assistant can grow through promotions, experience and education to the profile of a Clinical Nurse Supervisor and finally achieve the position of a Head Nurse.
Potential employers include large hospitals, private clinics and medical research institutes. As far as the demand for healthcare professionals is concerned, technicians and paramedics account for over 75% of the increasing human resource recruitment.
This clearly shows that there is sufficient scope of growth in the career of a General Duty Assistant. When we talk about the career-oriented nursing programs, General Duty Assistant is one career you cannot resist.