Work setting: work on various locations (rural area, homecare and visiting care agency, group home, employer’s/client’s home, nursing home, home for the aged)
When to Start: As soon as possible
Weekly Hours: 30-40
Benefits Package: Health benefits (Dental plan, Health care plan, Vision care benefits)
Job Requirements
- Min. Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- Education: Health Care Aide certificate or substantial equivalent
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses:
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Nursing Aide Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Responsibilities
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
- Assist with maintenance and repair of medical equipment
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- 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
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients’ needs
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail