Healthcare Assistant Duties & Responsibilities

The role and function of a Healthcare Assistant includes the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Ensuring that supplies and medical equipment are replenished.
  • Improving the mobility of patients.
  • Measuring patients' weight.
  • Preparing patients for therapy.
  • Making up beds, giving out bedpans, and collecting bedpans.
  • Setting up equipment required by Healthcare Professionals.
  • Taking the temperature, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels of patients, and recording the results.
  • Recording the pulse rate of patients.

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Healthcare Assistant duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Healthcare Assistant roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.

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