Focus on Caring is seeking a Senior Health Care Aide to provide compassionate palliative and personal care to clients in Calgary and surrounding area. This is a full-time, permanent role. Language of work is English.

Pay is $20.00 per hour plus 4% vacation pay. Workers'

compensation advantages are paid by the employer.

Responsibilities

- - Administer palliative subcutaneous medications and pain medications as directed by physicians and Registered Nurses
- - Provide comfort care including oral hygiene, sponge bathing, massage, and special treatments
- - Perform post-mortem care
- - Manage ostomy care: emptying and changing ostomy bags, assessing sites, reporting changes
- - Manage catheter care: emptying and cleaning catheter bags, changing night/day bags, assessing insertion sites
- - Perform bladder irrigation and intermittent catheterization
- - Assess blood glucose with a glucometer and assist with insulin administration under RN guidance
- - Perform wound care using a variety of dressings
- - Perform PEG feeding and change insertion site dressings
- - Administer suppositories and enemas as recommended by physicians
- - Perform other duties consistent with the position

📌 Senior Health Care Aide (Calgary)
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📍 Calgary