About this role
Education: Other trades certificate or diploma. Work setting: Home care and visiting care agency.
Tasks
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort.
- Perform other duties related to personal care.
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients.
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms.
- Supervise patients' exercise routines.
- Bathe, dress and groom patients.
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher.
- Administer first aid in emergency situations.
- Provide personal care.
- Provide companionship.
- Instruct patients regarding oral hygiene.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : First Aid Certificate.
- Health Care Aide Certificate.
- Security and safety: Criminal record check.
- Vulnerable sector check.
- Tuberculosis test.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Attention to detail.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Personal suitability: Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Initiative.
- Interpersonal awareness.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Are you currently a student?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Morning.
- Night.
- Experience: Experience an asset.
- Employment terms options: To be determined.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Workplace information: On the road job.
- Health benefits: Dental plan.
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
- Financial benefits: Group insurance benefits.
- Life insurance.
- Other benefits: Other benefits.
- Travel insurance.
Variable or compressed work week.
- Support for youths: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.