- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 hours per week
- Education : College / CEGEP
- Experience : 2 years to less than 3 years
Work site environment
Non-smoking
Work setting
- Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note : This is NOT a condition of employment
- Work in employer's / client's home
- Health care institution, facility or clinic
Tasks
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Administer medications
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
- Change non-sterile dressings
- Collect specimens
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Plan therapeutic diets and menus
- Provide companionship
- Provide personal care
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Geriatric Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Target audience
- Adults
- Females
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
- Honesty
Support for newcomers and refugees
Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition
Support for Indigenous people
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
30+ days ago