JOB DESCRIPTION- WARD BOYS/LADIES

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title          :           WARD BOYS/LADIES

Reporting to :           HK Incharge

Job summary:

Hospital ward boys/ladies are responsible to the Nursing  Superintendent/ Matron for the management of the wards

Qualification:             should able to read and sign on papers

Duties:

·        Cleanliness of ward, its annexes and environments.

·        Linen and ward equipment-up-keep and repairs.

·        Giving and removing of bed pans and urine pots.

·        Giving and removing of hot water bottle.

·        Bed making.

·        Dispatching of specimens.

·        Receive the patient on admission and assist the patient in getting into or out of the bed.

·        Transport patients to various departments in the hospital.

·        Help in feeding patients and giving drinking water to patients and washing utensils.

·        Assist the nurse in handling and observation of patient and in simple basic nursing procedure.

·        Assist in collection and handling of pathological specimens.

·        Assist the nurse in receiving supplies by running errands to other departments of the hospital and in caring messages to other departments and individuals in the hospital.

·        Assist the nurse in getting supplies from the laundry, disinfecting mattresses and dispatching dirty linen to the laundry.

·        Clear and do dusting of beds, doors, windows and other furniture, He will assist in debugging and pest control of wards.

·        Wash walls and doors in wards.

·        Assist in sterilization of instruments appliances and dressings and dressing of post-operative wounds.

·        Render first aid to patients in case of emergency.

·        Prepare dead bodies; arrange their transportation to mortuary and assist in terminal disinfections.

·        Keeping the ward clean and tidy.

·        Care of clean and soiled linens.

·        Assistance in orientation of new employee.

·        Participation in staff education and staff meeting.

·        Participation in professional activities.

·        Any other duty that may be assigned from time to time.

Working conditions:

Ward boys/ladies does shift work, which include nights and weekends. The length of a shift can vary from eight to 12 hours.

Hazards:

The work requires close contact with patients suffering from variety of illnesses. The work can be stressful and exhausting particularly when the facilities are stringent and duty hours demanding.

Other hazards may include:

·         Work-related stress, whose causal factors include excessive working time and overwork

·         Violence from outside the organization

·         Mobbing (workplace bullying)