Health Care Assistant (Patient Care Aide)
About the Job :
The Health Care Assistant (Patient Care Aide) :
- Assists patients with personal care and activities of daily living
- Assists with patient mobility, transfers and related equipment
- Performs nursing procedures such as taking temperature, pulse and respiration
- Performs housekeeping activities relating to maintaining a safe and healthy environment
- Observes and report changes in patient progress, symptoms and condition
- Performs clerical duties and other related duties
As the Health Care Assistant (Patient Care Aide), you will work as a key team member of an interdisciplinary team that provides patient care within the hospital.
Working under the direction of RN’s and LPN’s, Patient Care Aides follow established care plans and routines to deliver the best patient care possible.
This is a CASUAL OPPORTUNITY. Casual means hours are not guaranteed and may vary and shifts may be at short notice. Casual employees are eligible to apply for internal postings including permanent and temporary positions.
There are many opportunities with Interior Health that begin with casual employment and lead to regular employment.
Shifts of work will be scheduled days and evenings; rotating from 06 : 00 to 14 : 00, 15 : 00 to 23 : 00 hours.
About this location / unit :
Shuswap Lake General Hospital in Salmon Arm is a 43 bed Level 2 Community Hospital. It is located between Kamloops and Revelstoke and offers services including surgical, inpatient, obstetrics and 24 hour emergency.
Interior Health is an organization where you have room to grow and where life outside of work is just as important to us as it is to you.
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