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 PROJECT PART-TIME (0.74 FTE) OPPORTUNITY until May 31, 2025 or the return of the incumbent. Shifts of work will be scheduled evenings;
rotating from 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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