About this role
Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year. or equivalent experience.
Work setting: Urban area. Willing to relocate. 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.
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms.
- Maintain inventory of supplies.
- Bathe, dress and groom patients.
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher.
- Administer first aid in emergency situations.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : First Aid Certificate.
- Health Care Aide Certificate.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Physically demanding.
- Attention to detail.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Walking.
- Personal suitability: Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Initiative.
- Interpersonal awareness.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Patience.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Night.
- On call.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Support for newcomers and refugees: Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees . Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth. Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth. Support for Indigenous people: Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers . Support for mature workers: Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers .