As the only rehabilitation hospital in the Niagara Region, Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre provides specialized post-acute hospital care and exceptional clinical outcomes through inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and complex care programs. Our interprofessional team utilizes state of the art equipment to restore health, rebuild lives, and renew hope providing the highest quality of compassionate care to every patient. Hotel Dieu Shaver is where careers begin and flourish.

Position : Health Care Aide
Position Type : Casual Position Available
Hourly Rate of Pay : $29.27 - $30.70

POSITION OVERVIEW :

The Health Care Aide provides selected health care services to patients under the direction of nursing staff to provide non-nursing care duties in support of the day to day operation of the nursing units, to maintain appropriate communication and documentation with the interprofessional team and other nursing staff as necessary.

Primary Responsibilities





- Provides assistance to patients and/or prompts patients as appropriate to perform their activities for daily living. This includes assisting patients to undress, bathe and dress, and perform skin care, teeth and hair care maintenance such as washing, drying and brushing hair, shaving, trimming hair and brushing teeth.
- Porters patients by wheelchair, stretcher or bed, within the department as well as to other clinical areas as directed by nursing staff.
- Distributes nourishments and refreshments to patients and provides feeding assistance to patients. This includes encouraging patients to eat, cutting up food items into smaller pieces as needed, as well as feeding patients as necessary.
- Assists patients with toileting functions. This includes cleaning patients and changing undergarments as necessary as well as utilizing protected lifting techniques and lifting devices.
- Assists nursing staff to turn and reposition patients as directed. This includes assisting with the

📌 Health Care Aide (St. Catharines)
🏢 Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre
📍 St. Catharines