Live-in caregiver - persons with disabilities
Jo-Ann Dumont Rocky View County, Alberta
Permanent
Full time
As soon as possible
Description
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 34 to 43 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Work setting- Rural area
- Employer's home
Tasks- Administer bedside and personal care
- Administer medications
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Provide personal care
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
- Take samples
- Skin care
- Prepare meals
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Clean and dress wounds
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Take vital signs, apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensure infection control, monitore nutritional intake and conduct specimen collection
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
Target audience- Adults
- Females
- Persons with physical disabilities
Area of specialization- Movement therapy
Transportation/travel information- Own vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Physically demanding
Weight handling- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
Personal suitability- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Organized
- Reliability
Experience- 7 months to less than 1 year
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.)
Support for Indigenous people- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
Support for mature workers- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
Salary: $21.00 hourly
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