Continuing care assistant
Valley Prime Caregivers, Incorporated North Kentville, Nova Scotia
Permanent
Full time
As soon as possible
Description
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 60 to 80 hours bi-weekly
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Work setting- Home care and visiting care agency
- Rural area
- Various locations
- Hospital or home for the aged
- Nursing home/home for the aged
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
- 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
- Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses - First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
Security and safety- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Vulnerable sector check
- Adult Abuse Registry check
Transportation/travel information- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
Personal suitability- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
Experience- 1 to less than 7 months
Support for newcomers and refugees- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
Salary: $19.50 to $23.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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