Responsible for providing non-technical nursing care assistance to assigned patients, under the direction / supervision of the Registered Nurse.

 VACANCY

Applications are invited for suitably qualified persons to fill the following position at the North-Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA). 

ENROLLED NURSING ASSISTANT

The incumbent will be responsible for providing non-technical nursing care to assigned patients, under the direction/supervision of the Registered Nurse.

Main Responsibilities:

• Perform assigned nursing procedures for the comfort and well-being of patients, such as assisting in the admission of new patients.
• Monitor Vital Signs - Temperature, Pulse, Respirations and Blood Pressures; record the results on patients’ charts and report to the organisational relationship for detection of deviations from the normal ranges.
• Take readings from patients such as weight, height.
• Oversee personal hygiene of patients.
• Collect and label specimens (sputum/urine) in containers to be sent to the laboratory for analysis.
• Dress superficial wounds; administer prescribed procedures (enemas, treat pressure areas, massage, etc).
• Administer specified medication (insulin) and enter time and amount on patients’ charts.
• Assemble equipment as directed by the organisational relationship, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes and oxygen supplies.
• Assist patients to walk about the ward/unit as permitted.
• Record food and fluid intake and emission.
• Respond to all patients’ call signals.
• Perform other related duties as directed by the organizational relationship.

Minimum Qualifications, Training and Experience:

• Minimum of three (3) CXC O’level passes; one (1) of which must be English Language.
• Certificate in the Nursing Assistant Training Programme from an accredited institution.
• Current licensure with the Nursing Council of Trinidad and Tobago.

* Certificates acquired at foreign universities MUST be supported by certified transcripts as well as evidence that the completed program is accredited in Trinidad and Tobago.

All applications should be submitted with a cover letter, a detailed Curriculum Vitae, copies of relevant certificates, birth certificate, a police certificate of good character, a contact number and two (2) testimonials by 22 September, 2025 and addressed (with the name of the position applied for, clearly labelled, on the outside of the envelope and the cover letter). To:

Office of the General Manager, Human Resources

North-Central Regional Health Authority

Building #39, Third Floor

Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex

Champs Fleurs

Unsuitable/late applications will not be acknowledged.