Health Care Assistant - Female Ward

Date: 7 Jan 2026
Location: Sharjah, AE
Company: University Hospital Sharjah

To assist the nursing team in providing nursing care to an assigned group of patients, performing a variety of non‑licensed patient care activities, ensuring the safety, personal needs and comfort of the patients are met.

• Participates in all aspects of the International Accreditation Programme to assist UHS to attain and maintain international accreditation standards.
• Assists registered nurses in performing basic duties that are in line with the facility, MOH, JCI, FDON policies, procedures and standards.
• Acts as a chaperone for patients as required, preserving the patient’s dignity; assists nurses in turning, moving, or transporting patients on a stretcher or wheelchair.
• Tidies rooms and reports any unsafe situation to the team leader.
• Assists with meal tray delivery and return, noting fluids taken and informing the assigned RN.
• Assists those patients who are unable to feed themselves.
• Creates an unoccupied bed or assists an RN to make an occupied bed.
• Weighs ambulatory patients.
• Cleans up after procedures, treating used instruments as per standard precautions.
• Transports specimens as appropriate after ensuring that they are correctly labelled.

• Checks and stocks supply rooms as designated by team leader.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to patients’ comfort and privacy and expresses interest in their progress.
• Accompanies patients for X‑ray procedures, ECG, CT Scan.
• Accompanies Physician during physical examination.
• Participates in nursing continuous quality improvement initiatives, service education programmes, unit meetings and committee functions as assigned by nurse in charge.
• Initiates emergency, safety practices and fire safety measures as necessary.
• Reports all incidents through agreed channels and chain of command, ensuring Incident Report is completed, submitted to nurse in charge and any immediate action required taken.
• Maintains and adheres to patient confidentiality at all times.
• Responsible for attendance to yearly mandatory training as scheduled on the mandatory training calendar.
• Responsible for professional clinical practice and is actively involved in updating knowledge through educational activities.
• Performs other job‑related duties as assigned (within scope of practice).

• Minimum 2 years nursing experience or demonstrated related healthcare experience.
• Proficient in verbal and written English.

• Diploma in nursing desirable but not essential.
• Previous OPD experience.
• BLS certificate.

• 2 years nursing/assistant/healthcare related experience.
• Proficient in verbal and written English.

• Previous UAE experience.
• Experience of working in an international accredited hospital (JCIA).