St. Francis Private Care Home Ltd. 71 Charles Street, Portadown, Co. Armagh, BT62 4BD Tel: 3835 0970 Job Description Night Duty Care Assistant 1. Report to Nurses. 2. Collect laundry basket & towels as required. 3. Toilet & put Resident into bed, cot sides erected & buzzers checked & pressure mat placed at bottom of bed, if required. 4. Clean clothes are left out with 2 pads & 2 towels for their morning personal hygiene. 5. Residents remaining clean laundry is put away neatly & hung up as required. Any dried clothes should not be left in clothes baskets but should be taken out and folded and put into their allocated pigeon holes to prevent creasing. 6. Commodes are rinsed out & left clean. 7. Remaining Residents to be repositioned & toileted as required & left comfortable for the night. Charge the hoist for the next round. 8. Laundry taken down & put into washing machine. Soiled clothes must be put into a red bag before being put into the washing machine. 9. Go straight to have meal if Nurse in charge permits. 10. All care assistants on duty commence household duties together as follows: a) Day room hovered & cushions taken off chairs and chairs brushed. All drinking glasses collected on a trolley. Make sure that all chairs are pulled into the middle of the room (so Domestic staff can mop behind them in the mornings). b) Tables wiped. Any equipment in day room is removed to its proper place. Company Registration Number: NI644680 St. Francis Private Care Home Ltd. 71 Charles Street, Portadown, Co. Armagh, BT62 4BD Tel: 3835 0970 c) Room is left with chairs & tables arranged neatly. d) Toilets checked and left clean. e) Kitchen & staff room tidied & dishwasher put on. Check also that there is nothing left switched on in the kitchen e.g., cooker, deep fat fryer etc. 11. Check on all Residents. 12. Organise breaks as instructed by Nurse. 13. Make sure that the kitchen and staff room are left clean & tidy before going off duty and again ensure that toaster & microwave etc. is switched off. Care assistants must remain on the floor to ensure Residents are settled, while the Nurse goes to hand over the reports and check the drugs. 14. Please make sure that the dining room tables are wiped down and tables are set for breakfast for the next morning. 15. Allocated wheelchairs to be cleaned each night. 16. Ensure that all fluid balance charts, repositioning charts and food charts are completed before finishing the shift. 17. Ensure all night checks are completed and placed in their rooms before leaving your shift. Any slings that have been washed must be put back into their allocated rooms. The duties and requirements in this job description are not exhaustive and amendments and additions may be required in line with future policy changes Company Registration Number: NI644680