Overview

Languages

English

Education

- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
- Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant/aide

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting

- Home care and visiting care agency
- Remote location
- Rural area
- Various locations
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
- Hospital or home for the aged
- Hospital/medical facility or clinic
- Nursing home/home for the aged

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- Supply and empty bed pans
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients between care facilities
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Collect specimens
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
- Administer first aid in emergency situations

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

- Continuing Care Assistant Certification




- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Nursing Aide Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate

Experience and specialization

Area of work experience

- University or college

Additional information

Security and safety

- Bondable
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Immunization records
- Vulnerable sector check
- Adult Abuse Registry check
- Confidential security clearance

Transportation/travel information

- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)

Personal suitability

- Client focus
- Dependability
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience

Benefits

Health benefits

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

- Group insurance benefits
- Pension plan

Long term benefits

- Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site amenities
- On-site housing options
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available
- Variable or compressed work week

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