Continuing care assistant
MacLeod Group Health Services Allain Creek, Nova Scotia
Permanent
Full time
As soon as possible
Description
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 80 hours bi-weekly
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
Work setting- Nursing home/home for the aged
Tasks- Supply and empty bed pans
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- 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 in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses - Continuing Care Assistant Certification
Security and safety- Adult Abuse Registry check
Work conditions and physical capabilities- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
Personal suitability- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
Experience- 1 year to less than 2 years
Financial benefits- As per collective agreement
Salary: $17.56 to $23.27 hourly (to be negotiated)
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