• Application Deadline: Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Health Care Assistant



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification Secondary School (SSCE)



• Experience 1 - 3 years



• Location Lagos




• City Ajah




• Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
  
  




• Salary Range ₦50,000 - ₦100,000/month
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Rendering personal care; bed bathing and or assisted bathroom.


• Eating (support the patient during feed-time).


• Change patients’ soiled diapers, Incopad, slide sheet, and bed linen.


• Assist the patient in using the convenience.


• Transferring the patient using the Glide/Slide sheet and hoist to facilitate ambulation.


• Communication: Identify the patient’s hobbies and often engage them in activities that are of interest to him/her, for example, play games, watch television programs, play music that the patient loves listening to, miming, storytelling, etc.


• Create a positive home-like environment by responding to patients’ needs promptly, respecting his/her privacy.


• Help the patient develop trust.


• Patient’s confidentiality is vital.


• Offer emotional support and work with the family: show empathy and use appropriate words peculiar to the patient’s condition.


• Communicate effectively and actively listen.


• Follow Infection Prevention /Control practices: using personal protective equipment such as face mask, hand glove, when hands are visibly soiled with patient body fluid, wash hands with soap under running water before and after attending to patients, and or use hand sanitizer, proper waste segregation, putting soiled and dirty clothes in separate laundry bags.


• Maintain a clean, safe environment and report safety problems immediately.


• Perform procedures correctly, following, “Standard of Practice” example, bed or assisted, bathroom, oral care, patient feeding, 2-hourly changing of the patient’s position, and preparing wound dressing gauze.

Requirements:

• A caregiver's certificate.


• 1-3 Years of working experience as a caregiver.