health care aide

Work setting

• Urban area
• Hospital / medical facility or clinic
• Nursing home / home for the aged
• Public or community health centre

Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• 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

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• First Aid Certificate

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

• More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Patience

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

• Other benefits

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and / or refugees (for example : facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
• Work Term : Temporary
• Work Language : English
• Hours : 30 to 40 hours per week