03 Nov
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City Healthcare Services
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Caledon Village
03 Nov
City Healthcare Services
Caledon Village
About the Role
We’re looking for a dependable, caring Personal Support Worker to join a small home care team supporting a client with complex physical disabilities in our family home. You’ll follow a detailed daily care plan and work closely with our nurses (RPNs) and family to help the client stay safe, active, and comfortable. This is a great fit for someone who is organized, detail-oriented, and enjoys building a consistent, one-on-one care relationship.
Responsibilities
- Assist with personal care, including showering, oral care, skin care, toileting, dressing, and eye drops
- Support respiratory routines, including cough assist sessions and breathing exercises (spirometry and peak flow), and clean respiratory equipment
- Provide G-tube site care and assist with meals by mouth
- Support mobility and therapy goals: transfers with a transfer device, stander sessions, assisted walking with a walker, motorized bike sessions, and daily prescribed exercises
- Apply splints and supports as directed
- Give medications according to the care plan and complete medication logs
- Record vital signs, bowel and bladder output, meals, and exercise progress on daily log sheets
- Clean and disinfect mobility equipment (power and manual wheelchairs, commode, stander) and keep the client’s room and bathroom tidy
- Check supplies and medications, and report low inventory and any changes in the client’s condition to the care team through our group chat
Qualifications
Required:
- Personal Support Worker certificate (or equivalent, e.g., nursing student or internationally trained nurse)
- Current CPR and First Aid certification
- Clear Vulnerable Sector Check
- Robust English communication skills, both spoken and written, for daily documentation
- Reliable, punctual, patient, and able to follow a care plan closely
- Able to assist with transfers and physical tasks
Preferred:
- Experience supporting clients with complex physical or neuromuscular disabilities
- Familiarity with cough assist devices, G-tubes, mechanical transfer devices, standers, and power wheelchairs
- Experience with medication administration
- Home care experience working alongside nursing staff
Pay: $24.00-$26.00 per hour
Expected hours: 24.0 – 40.0 per week
Application question(s):
- Describe your hands-on experience with respiratory equipment such as a cough assist machine, BiPAP, or suction. What did you do, and how often?
- Tell us about a client you helped with transfers and mobility. What equipment did you use (e.g., mechanical lift, stander, walker, power wheelchair), and how did you keep the client safe?
- Give an example of a time you noticed a change in a client’s condition or a problem with their care. What did you notice, what did you do, and how did you record and report it?
Licence/Certification:
- Driving License and have your own vehicle ? (required)
Location:
- Caledon Village, ON (required)
Work Location: In person
📌 Personal Support Worker (Caledon Village)
🏢 City Healthcare Services
📍 Caledon Village