About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Work setting: Work in employer's/client's home.
Tasks
- Administer bedside and personal care.
- Administer medications.
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Provide companionship.
- Provide personal care.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
- Operate and monitor respiratory equipment to administer treatments.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : Tracheostomy care training.
- Target audience: Adults.
- Persons with physical disabilities.
- Area of specialization: Intensive care.
- Respiratory therapist specialization: Critical care.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Personal suitability: Punctuality.
- Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Patience.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Night.
- Day.
- Weekend.