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Healthcare assistant
Assistant healthcarer Elderly care assistant Health care assistant Healthcare assistant Maternity care assistant Patient care assistant Primary healthcare assistant Resident care assistant Resident healthcare assistant
Healthcare assistants work in teams of nurses within the occupational fields of nursing, social care, clinical care and care of people of all age-groups. Healthcare assistants assist in the promotion and restoration of patients' health by providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends and families.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Providing care, support and treatment to patients and residents of medical, rehabilitative and residential care facilities according to treatment plans established by medical, nursing and other health professionals;
(b) Assisting patients with personal and therapeutic care needs such as personal hygiene, feeding, dressing, physical mobility and exercise, communication, taking oral medications and changing dressings;
(c) Positioning, lifting and turning patients and transporting them in wheelchairs or on movable beds;
(d) Maintaining patients' environmental hygiene standards, such as cleaning patient rooms and changing bed linen;
(e) Providing massage and other non-pharmacological pain relief measures, such as during pregnancy and labour;
(f) Observing patients’ condition, responses and behaviour and reporting changes to a health professional.
Knowledge
- Medicine
- Care of the elderly and of disabled adults
- Medical diagnostic and treatment technology
Digital competencies
- Working in teams
- Providing medical advice
- Communicating with colleagues and clients
- Complying with operational procedures
- Using foreign languages
Digital competencies
- Accessing and analysing digital data
- Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Supporting others
- Collaborating in teams and networks
- Demonstrating willingness to learn
- Maintaining a positive attitude
Professional groups of the occupation
Service and sales workers
Personal care workers
Personal care workers in health services
Health care assistants
Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Health care assistants
23.759
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
34,07%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
5,79% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
18,87%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
31,84%
Part-time contracts
2,36% Turnover index
1.321
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
-1%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Personal care workers
25%
75%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Personal care workers
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Personal care workers in health services
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Health care assistants
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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