Continuing care assistant
Richmond Housing Corporation Barra Head, Nova Scotia
Permanent
Full time
As soon as possible
Description
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
Work setting- Various locations
Tasks- 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
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Assist with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment
- Transport patients between care facilities
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
- Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
Security and safety- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
Screening questions- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
Experience- 7 months to less than 1 year
Other benefits- Free parking available
- Team building opportunities
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 35 to 40 hours per week
Salary: $19.76 to $20.12 hourly (to be negotiated)
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