- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 40 hours per week
- Education:
- Experience:
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
Tasks
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- 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 in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Collect specimens
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
Experience
- 1 to less than 7 months
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Shift
- Morning
- Night
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
Health advantages
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site recreation and activities
- Team building opportunities
- Wellness program