Overview

Languages

English

Education

- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience 1 year to less than 2 years

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

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
- 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
- Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
- 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
- Collect specimens
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
- Administer first aid in emergency situations

Credentials Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate




- CPR Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate

Perks

Health benefits

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits

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

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

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

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

📌 health care aide (Victoria)
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📍 Victoria