continuing care assistant

Closing the Gap Healthcare Group Inc.
Bedford, NS, CA
$24,83 an hour
Permanent
  • Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
  • Langue de travail : Anglais
  • Heures de travail : 37.5 to 48 hours per week
  • Education :
  • Expérience :

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma
  • Health services / allied health / health sciences, general

Work setting

  • Home care and visiting care agency
  • Various locations
  • Work in employer's / client's home

Tasks

  • Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
  • Perform other duties related to personal care
  • 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
  • Bathe, dress and groom patients
  • Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
  • Administer first aid in emergency situations
  • Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
  • Administer bedside and personal care
  • Coordinate patient care

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

  • Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
  • Continuing Care Assistant Certification
  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Driver's validity licence check
  • Immunization records
  • Vulnerable sector check
  • Tuberculosis test

Transportation / travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Walking

Weight handling

More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Patience

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Mileage paid
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

  • Wellness program
  • 17 days ago
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