aide, health care

Work setting

• Home care and visiting care agency
• Various locations
• Work in employer's / client's home
• Hospital / medical facility or clinic
• Nursing home / home for the aged
• Public or community health centre

Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
• Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• Perform other duties related to personal care
• Supply and empty bed pans
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
• Serve meal trays and feed patients
• Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Supervise patients' exercise routines
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Collect specimens
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate

Security and safety

• Vulnerable sector check

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal awareness
• Organized

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?

Workplace information

• On the road job
• Work Term : Permanent
• Work Language : English
• Hours : 40 hours per week