About this role
Education: Other trades certificate or diploma. Health aide. or equivalent experience. Asset languages: Italian.
Tasks
- Administer bedside and personal care.
- Administer medications.
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene.
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk.
- Collect specimens.
- Feed or assist in feeding.
- Launder clothing and household linens.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Provide companionship.
- Provide personal care.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
- Cook.
- Plan physiotherapy programs.
- Massage and knead muscles and soft tissues of the body.
- Change diapers.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : CPR Certificate.
- First Aid Certificate.
- Personal Support Worker Certificate.
Target audience: Elderly. Persons with physical disabilities. Cuisine specialties: Italian cuisine.
- Security and safety: Criminal record check.
- Reference required.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Sitting.
- Walking.
- Work under pressure.
- Weight handling: Between 61 and 80 kg (133-176 lbs).
- Personal suitability: Punctuality.
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Patience.
- Honesty.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- 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: Evening.
- Shift.
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.