Health care assistant, Kaiāwhina tiaki hauora
Also known as
- Caregiver, personal care assistant, nurse aide
Health care assistants help and support disabled, ill, injured and elderly people with basic health care.
1:57 mins
Your pay could be
$49K
Lower
$51K to $55K
Most common
$57K
Upper
How does this pay compare?
Pay is before tax
Health care assistants
- usually work shifts, including nights and weekends
- usually work in hospitals, homes and healthcare centres, and may travel locally
- may do physically and emotionally demanding work
- need to be responsible, safety conscious and communicate well
Tasks
- Adjust positions of patients on beds or tables.
- Feed patients.
- Hold patients to ensure proper positioning or safety.
- Record vital statistics or other health information.
- Monitor patients to detect health problems.
- Assist patients with daily activities.
- Maintain medical records.
- Analyse patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
- Assess physical conditions of patients to aid in diagnosis or treatment.
- Dispose of biomedical waste in accordance with standards.
You usually need experience to become a health care assistant and a qualification may be useful.
You may need
- experience in similar work
- a New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 2 or 3)
- a New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Peer Support) (Level 4) or similar
- a driver licence
If you’re in school
You usually don't need specific NCEA levels for this job, but Level 2 may be useful.
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