continuing care assistant

Laurel's Lake Residence Inc.
Dartmouth, NS, CA
$21,74 an hour (estimated)
Permanent
  • Work Term : Permanent
  • Work Language : English
  • Hours : 30 to 48 hours per week
  • Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience : 7 months to less than 1 year

Work setting

  • Urban area
  • Various locations
  • 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
  • Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
  • Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
  • Supervise patients' exercise routines
  • Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
  • Maintain inventory of supplies
  • Bathe, dress and groom patients
  • Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
  • Collect specimens
  • Administer first aid in emergency situations

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate

Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance
  • Criminal record check
  • Adult Abuse Registry check

Transportation / travel information

Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Sound discrimination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Walking

Weight handling

Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

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

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • 18 days ago
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