Home Care Assistant for Dar Al Shifaa Hospital, Kuwait

In 1963, Dar Al Shifa Hospital was established as the first private hospital in the State of Kuwait, serving maternity hospital maternity hospital located in Sharq, Kuwait City. In 1992, Dar Al Shifa Hospital went through a notable expansion under the ownership of Mr. Ali Jeraq whose personal goal was to make healthcare services accessible to every individual in the community and organizational vision to become a leading health care organization in the region. As a result, Dar Al Shifa Hospital developed into a fully-fledged general hospital that included a wide scope of services. Various factors including the hospitals growing reputation, continuous investment in the workforce, and adoption of the state-of-the-art technology facilitated the relocation of the organization to Hawally Governate. This shift in location allowed for an increase in both the inpatient beds and the outpatient clinics eventually boosting the capacity to serve a wider segment of the population.

Currently Dar Al Shifa Hospital is currently a 220 bedded accredited facility constitutes of inpatient rooms (Al Dana, Imperial, Royal, Junior and Standard), Labor rooms, Neonatal units, Intensive Care Units, Operation Theatres, Emergency Room, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Diagnostic services, Home Care Services and Outpatient clinics catering approximately 40 specialized/subspecialized medical units. Over the past two decades, Dar Al Shifa Hospital has proved itself as a trustworthy organization in which patient/family-centered care is provided through a competent and diverse team of health care professionals utilizing the latest technology and applying evidence-based practices. Dar Al Shifa Hospital also imbibes best in class practices through enrollment into various accreditation/affiliation programs by international organizations such as Accreditation Canada, American College of Radiology, HIMSS, ISO for Dietary and Material Management, American Heart Association, Press Ganey, American Society of Safety Professionals etc. Today, Dar Al Shifa Hospital is continuously growing and evolving as a distinguished health care organization in achieving its vision of being regional health care leader.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall provide direct and indirect age specific care for assigned patients outside hospital facilities.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall employ her skills and knowledge to provide Nursing Care to patients at their place of residence outside hospitals facility as per scheduled shifts or inside the hospital.
• Treatments and procedures provided shall be in accordance to the physicians orders and based on her scope of service.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant has to abide by the Home Care program, workflow, schedule and instructions.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall attend the patient and help his/ her in their activities of daily living and promote comfort and better quality of life.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall be accountable for the clinical, educational, quality of care provided to the patients, using as reference the policies, procedures, guidelines and professional practice of hospital.
• The Home Care Nurse assistant shall work as per scheduled shifts assigned by the Home Care Supervisor under the supervision of the home care administration.
• Develop a prevention program according to the patients case (prevention of bed sores, prevention of pneumoniaetc.) following the Home Care guidelines.
• Respect patient’s confidentiality and privacy.
• Preserve patient’s dignity.
• Value patient’s cultural believes and religious needs.
• Ability to perform lifting and deal with heavy weight patients.
• Ability to bath the patient alone.
• Change patient’s position when needed.
• Ability to work for extended period of time while standing.
• Apply the ergonomic guidelines while working.
• Able to work under stress.
• Able to travel with patients when needed for an agreed period.
• Able to adapt to the patient’s home environment.
• Able to attend training when needed outside the work hours.
• Able to work on shift rotation basis.

Qualifications, Competences and Skills:

Education: Diploma/Degree/GNM

Experience: Has at least 2-3 years of experience as patient assistant/home care assistant.

Preferable to have experience as Home Care Nurse assistant.

Licensure: Applicable as per the MOH regulations. Candidates need to submit necessary documents to apply for licensing process.

Language: Able to read, write and communicate in English

Computer Proficiency: Basic Computer skills.

Email: hrrecruitment@daralshifa.com, hrjobs@daralshifa.com