- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 30 to 40 hours per week
- Education : College / CEGEP
- Experience : Experience an asset
Work setting
- Home care and visiting care agency
- Rural area
- Urban area
- Various locations
- Work in employer's / client's home
- Nursing home / home for the aged
- Public or community health centre
Tasks
- Supply and empty bed pans
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
CPR Certificate
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Immunization records
- Vulnerable sector check
- Tuberculosis test
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Workplace information
On the road job
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Mileage paid
- Pension plan
Other benefits
- Learning / training paid by employer
- Other benefits
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Wellness program
30+ days ago