Support Services Attendant

Job Description

At Shannex, we seek compassionate, honest, professional, and safe individuals who bring meaningful connections and help us lead the way to Better Living™. We are excited to announce a vacancy for a Support Services Attendant to join our Transitional Health Services team at West Bedford Transitional Health in West Bedford, Nova Scotia—our partnership with Nova Scotia Health (NSH) powers the province’s first transitional health facility.

With the anticipation of opening a new building in March 2026, this role will support NSH patients in the central zone who no longer need acute hospital care but require additional support before safely returning home or their community.

About the Opportunity

• Dusts, cleans, and polishes furniture, counters, shelving, walls, and window / door ledges.
• Sweeps, dusts, and wet mops floors.
• Cleans sinks, toilets, and bath facilities.
• Fills and replenishes supplies in resident rooms, nursing units, and rest rooms.
• Empties and cleans trash receptacles and places trash in compactor and / or trash pickup area.
• Sorts laundry into appropriate piles based on the type of laundry (linens, mops, personal clothing).
• Operates washing machine using proper washing formulas.
• Operates dryer and extractor; loads clean, wet laundry into the machine, sets dials so the laundry is dried or damp-dried appropriately and unloads the machine.
• Sorts clean laundry into appropriate baskets or racks; counts linen needed for each area as per linen quota and puts on cart; notes name tags on resident clothing and puts on correct rack.
• Checks laundry for tears, holes, missing buttons, etc. and forwards clothing needing repair to the seamstress.
• Completes inventory on a regular basis.
• Orders supplies as required.
• Replenishes laundry cleaning chemicals as required.

Qualifications

Benefits

About Us

Shannex is a family‑owned organization with a vision of Better Living for every stage of life. Since 1988, we have grown from a single nursing home in Cape Breton to a trusted partner across healthcare, hospitality, and lifestyle sectors, with locations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario. We also provide Transitional Health Services in partnership with Nova Scotia Health. For more information, visit shannex.com.

Great People is a core value at Shannex. We believe equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging create a culture that embraces individuality, treats everyone fairly, and rejects racism and discrimination.

All applications are kept in strict confidentiality.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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