health care aide

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

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

Tasks

• 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
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance
• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

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

Experience

• 7 months to less than 1 year
• Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
• Langue de travail : Anglais
• Heures de travail : 30 hours per week