The Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan is seeking a seasoned and Dynamic Nursing Assistant for its Garden Al Zehra & Karimabad Facilities in Karachi Region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Part of the Home Health Team, providing services to elderly patients
• To provide support to Nurses, leading home health initiatives
• To update data and records of patients visited on daily basis
• To ensure all records are updated in its completeness.
• To facilitate nurse during home visits in carrying out service.
• To assist Nurse in coordinating daily plan of home visits
• Provide nursing care under supervision of RNs and ensure relevant documentation.
• Monitor and record patient’s vital signs and inform RN.

Qualification & Experience:

• Matriculation (pre-medical) and Intermediate, relevant diploma/Completion of training course for Health Care Assistant at NES, AKUH or any other recognized institute.
• Certification in first aid/Heart Saver
• Previous one year of experience in a recognized institute or for home health care services
• Having good interpersonal skills
• Ability to remain tactful, patient and calm in stressful situations.
• Be courteous and polite to patients and their families.
• Concentrate on own performance deliverables.
• Competent in taking all vital signs of the patient and performing hygiene skills for the patient independently.
• Knowledge of early warning signs and basic disease and their symptoms.

AKHS is committed to reducing our impact on climate and the environment and have set ourselves the goal of striving for net-zero carbon operations by 2030. All staff is expected to take part in making this a reality. The Nursing Assistant accompanied with his/her Line Manager(s) is expected to identify and understand which aspects of his/her work have most impact on the environment, and define tasks, work, and personal goals within his/her work plan to reduce these impacts and bring AKHS closer to net zero.