General Duty Assistant

• General Duty Assistant are also known as “Nursing Care Assistant”, “Nursing Assistant”, “Nursing Aide”, “Bedside Assistant” or “Orderlie” when working in a hospital environment.
• Individual on the job provides patient care and help maintain a suitable environment.
• Some of the key responsibilities of the General Duty Assistant are to provide patient’s daily care, patient’s comfort, patient’s safety and patient’s health needs.

• Wants to work in collaboration with Doctors, Nurses and other healthcare providers.
• Result Oriented
• Demonstrate clinical skills, communication skills and ethical behaviour
• A calm, reassuring and efficient mannered.
• Collaborative working
• Willing to work in Ward or Clinics in round the clock shift

• Work as a basic healthcare provider
• Ability to perform clinical skills essential in providing basic healthcare services
• Practice infection control measures and use techniques to maintain the personal hygiene needs of a patient
• Promote safety, understand usage of protective devices and demonstrate precautions to be taken while usage of Oxygen
• Demonstrate professional behavior, personal qualities and characteristics of a
• General Duty Assistant
• Follow right methods of bio medical waste management
• Basic Life Support, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation and other actions in the event of medical and facility emergencies
• Good communication skill , communicate accurately and appropriately in the role of General Duty Assistant and demonstrate professional appearance and demeanor

• BPT : B.Sc- Health Information Administration – Xth
• B.Sc – Health Information Nutrition : B.Sc

• TOTAL : 400 HOURS ( 2.5 MONTHS)
• CLASS ROOM :100 HOURS
• PRACTICAL : 140 HOURS
• ON JOB TRAINING: 180 HOURS

In addition to the above, Course Modules on :

• Soft Skills and Communication Skills
• Basic Computer Knowledge
• Entrepreneurship Development