Care Aide | Long-term Care

Interior Health Authority; Creston; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Training

Generous Vacation

Paid Health Benefits

Municipal Pension Plan

Shift Premiums

Competitive Wages

Job summary

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dedicated Care Aide to join the Long-term Care team at Swan Valley Lodge in Creston. In this role, you will provide essential support to patients in a multi-disciplinary team environment, ensuring their physical and emotional needs are met.

This relief full-time position offers scheduled shifts and rotates between days and nights, while promoting a healthy work-life balance with generous benefits like paid training and a pension plan.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Care Aide is preferred.
• Reliable, flexible, and motivated individual.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and daily living activities.
• Support mobility and transfers for patients.
• Perform nursing procedures like taking vital signs.
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment through housekeeping.
• Observe and report changes in patient behavior.
• Accompany clients during outings and social activities.

Job description

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Care Aide to join our Long-term Care team at Swan Valley Lodge in Creston, BC. If delivering patient-centered care is your passion and you are a reliable, flexible and motivated individual interested in working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment,

Who We Are

Interior Health (IH) is committed to achieving a culturally diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative of the communities we serve, and where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work. Well-being and work life balance is promoted within the IH team, and our commitment to environmental sustainability supports our primary goal of increasing the health and well-being of everybody in the Interior Health region from our employees to the population we serve.

What We Offer

• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Employer paid training/education opportunities
• Generous Vacation Entitlement
• Employer Paid Health Benefits
• Municipal Pension Plan
• Shift Premiums
• Competitive wages

About The Job

As the Care Aide you will work as an integral part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, who provide care and support in a long-term care setting. Working under the direction of RN’s and LPN’s, Care Aide’s have key responsibilities in the individual care plan for each patient, ensuring their physical, emotional and social needs are supported, while promoting maximum independence.

Typical Duties Include

• Assisting with personal care and activities of daily living
• Assisting with mobility, transfers and related equipment
• Performing nursing procedures such as taking temperature, pulse and respiration
• Housekeeping activities relating to maintaining a safe and healthy environmentObserving and reporting changes in patient behavior and condition
• Accompanying clients on outings and during social activities
• Performing clerical duties and delegated tasks

This is a Relief Full Time opportunity until the return of the incumbent

Shifts of work will be scheduled days and nights rotating from 07:00 to 15:00, 07:00 to 15:13, 15:00 to 23:00, 15:00 to 23:13, 23:00 to 07:00 and 23:00 to 07:13 hours.

About this Location

Swan Valley Lodge is a 90-bed facility including a maximum of 6 respite/convalescent beds and a 23-bed secured dementia unit. Our client-centred philosophy is designed to support clients’ choices, help people function at their highest level and provide the best quality of life possible.

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Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work?