FPSW - NURSING CARE NOC 33102

Home supportworkers caregivers and related occupations provide personal careand companionship for seniors persons with disabilities andconvalescent clients. They provide care in the clients residencewhere they may also reside. They are employed by home care andsupport agencies private households or they may beselfemployed.

JOBDUTIES :

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Nurse aidesorderlies and patient service associates have to perform and someof the physical demands they involve :

Answercall signals; supply and empty bed pans; bathe dress and groompatients; serve meal trays feed or assist in feeding of patientsand assist patients with menu selection; weigh lift turn andposition patients; shave patients prior to operations; supervisepatients exercise routines set up and provide leisure activitiesfor patients accompany patients on outside recreational activitiesand perform other duties related to patient care andcomfort

Take patients blood pressure temperature andpulse; report or record fluid intake and output; observe or monitorpatients status and document patient care on charts; collectspecimens such as urine faeces or sputum; administer suppositoriescolonic irrigations and enemas and perform other procedures asdirected by nursing and hospital staff

Administer inemergency situations first aid to injured or ill individuals withinthe scope of competencies

Transport patients bywheelchair or stretcher for treatment or surgery

Carrymessages reports requisitions and specimens betweendepartments

Make beds and maintain patientsrooms

Maintain inventory of supplies

Mayperform maintenance tasks such as assisting with the setup andmaintenance of traction equipment cleaning or sterilizing equipmentmaintaining and repairing equipment and assembling settingup andoperating jobrelated equipment

May transport patientsbetween care facilities.

Physical demands Help PhysicalDemands

Standing

Bending or twisting thebody

Making repetitive motions

Handlingmaterial manually

Walking andrunning

Workplaces and employers

Here are thetypical workplaces where Nurse aides orderlies and patient serviceassociates are employed and some of their maincharacteristics :

Nursinghomes

Assisted care facilities for theelderly

Health careestablishments

Hospitals

Work environment HelpPhysical Work Environment

Indoors environmentallycontrolled

Biological agents

Sound andnoise

Standard safety equipment

Physicalproximity from others Help Physical proximity fromothers

Physically touching or veryclose

Requirements

Thisis what you typically need for thejob.

Somesecondary school education and onthejob training or a personalsupport worker nursing aide or health care aide college or privateinstitutional program or a college nursing orderly program andsupervised practical training arerequired.

Completionof specialized courses such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)and first aid is usuallyrequired.

Anappropriate class of drivers licence may be required for medicalattendants.

SourceNational OccupationalClassification

Professionalcertification andlicensing

Ontario

Ifthis occupation is regulated you may need to get a professionallicense from a regulatory authority before you can start working.Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary depending on theoccupation.

Ifthe licence is compulsory you must be certified before you canpractise the occupation and use the professionaldesignation.

Ifthe licence is voluntary you don t need to be certified to practisethisoccupation.

PersonalAttributes Help PersonalAttributes

Importance

Concernfor Others

5 Extremelyimportant

SocialOrientation

4 Highlyimportant

StressTolerance

4 Highlyimportant

Collaboration

4Highlyimportant

Adaptability

4Highlyimportant

Attentionto Detail

4 Highlyimportant

ServiceOrientation

3Important

Independence

3Important

Leadership

3Important

ActiveLearning

2 Somewhatimportant

This is what you typically need for the job. Nurse practitionersusually require a master's degree in nursing; or completion of anursing program with additional advanced or extended primary healthcare nursing education; and several years of practice as aregistered nurse. Registration with a regulatory body is requiredfor nurse practitioners in all provinces and territories. SourceNational Occupational Classification Professional certification andlicensing Ontario If this occupation is regulated, you may need toget a professional license from a regulatory authority before youcan start working. Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary,depending on the occupation. If the licence is compulsory, you mustbe certified before you can practise the occupation and use theprofessional designation. If the licence is voluntary, you don tneed to be certified to practise this occupation. Find out if thisoccupation is regulated and contact the regulatory authority tolearn about the certification process. SKILLS PROFECIENCY ORCOMPLEXITY LEVEL Social Perceptiveness 5 - Highest LevelCoordinating 4 - High Level Instructing 4 - High Level Monitoring 4- High Level Time Management 4 - High Level Writing 4 - High LevelReading Comprehension 4 - High Level Oral Communication : ActiveListening 4 - High Level Oral Communication : Oral Comprehension 4 -High Level Oral Communication : Oral Expression 4 - High LevelPersonal Attributes Help - Personal Attributes Importance ServiceOrientation 5 - Extremely important Stress Tolerance 5 - Extremelyimportant Concern for Others 5 - Extremely important Collaboration5 - Extremely important Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely importantAttention to Detail 5 - Extremely important Active Learning 4 -Highly important Social Orientation 4 - Highly importantIndependence 4 - Highly important Leadership 4 - Highly importantKnowledge Help - Knowledge Knowledge level Physical Health 3 -Advanced Level Biology 2 - Intermediate Level Humanities 2 -Intermediate Level Client Service 2 - Intermediate Level Languages2 - Intermediate Level Mathematics 2 - Intermediate Level MentalHealth 2 - Intermediate Level Chemistry 1 - Basic Level BusinessManagement 1 - Basic Level Clerical 1 - Basic Level