Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
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
- Urban area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- 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
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Collect specimens
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Experience and specialization
Area of work experience
- Health
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Immunization records
- Vulnerable sector check
- Tuberculosis test
- Adult Abuse Registry check
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Travel expenses not paid by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Productive interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
📌 aide, health care (Calgary)
🏢 NHH1
📍 Calgary