Patient Care Assistant
Based in New Zealand
Core
Provide direct support to patients in a rural hospital setting, assisting with transport, manual handling, and daily care activities under nursing supervision.
Role type
Casual Patient Care Assistant
Builds
Patient care support services for rural hospital patients
Domain
Healthcare / Clinical Support
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Manual patient handling, patient transport, assisting nursing staff, working under supervision
Preferred skills
Certificate III in Health Services Assistance, experience in aged care or disability support
Technologies
None
Responsibilities
Transfer patients using all forms of patient transport, perform manual handling of patients under supervision, assist Nursing Caregivers with patient care, support daily care activities
Seniority
Entry-level, casual