Job details
• Location: North Vancouver, BC V7M 2K3
• Work location: On site
• Salary: 27.50 hourly / 30 to 35 hours per week
• Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full time
• Shift, Flexible hours, Day, Weekend
• Starts as soon as possible
• Benefits: Health advantages, Financial benefits, Other benefits
• Vacancies: 1 vacancy

Overview
Languages

English

Education
• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate or equivalent experience

Experience
7 months to less than 1 year

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
• Various locations
• Work in employer's/client's home
• 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
• 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

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate

Additional information

Security and safety
• Bondable
• Criminal record check
• Driver's validity licence check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Immunization records
• Vulnerable sector check
• Eligible for professional liability insurance

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
• Walking

Personal suitability
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Patience

Benefits

Health benefits
• Health care plan

Financial benefits
• Bonus
• Mileage paid

Other benefits
• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• Other benefits
• Team building opportunities
• Parking available
• Variable or compressed work week
• Wellness program

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for persons with disabilities
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees
• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
• Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
• Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for youths
• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth




• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
• Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)

Support for Indigenous people
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers
• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers
• Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)

Supports for visible minorities
• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
• Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities

Who can apply for this job?
You can apply if you are:
• a Canadian citizen
• a permanent resident of Canada
• a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit

Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.

How to apply
Direct Apply

By Direct Apply
Additional ways to apply

By email
[email protected]

In person
1975 Lonsdale Avenue suite 107 North Vancouver, BCV7M 2K3 Between 12:00 PM and 03:00 PM

What you must include in your application:
• Cover letter

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