continuing care assistant

REMEMBER WHEN HEALTHCARE; Bedford; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Bedford, Nova Scotia is looking for a dedicated healthcare assistant. Responsibilities include accompanying patients on activities, taking vital signs, and assisting with medical equipment. Candidates should have a secondary school certificate and CPR certification. The position offers 35 to 40 hours of work per week and emphasizes a supportive environment for newcomers and diverse populations.

Benefits

Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Diversity training programs

Qualifications

• Experience in patient care is preferred.
• First Aid and CPR certificates are required.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients on various activities.
• Assist with cleaning and setting up medical equipment.
• Take vital signs like blood pressure and pulse.

Skills

Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities

Assist with medical equipment

Take patients' blood pressure

Bathe, dress, and groom patients

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Education:

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tasks:

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up, and assembling of medical equipment
• Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse
• Weigh, lift, turn, and position patients
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Supervise patients' exercise routines
• Bathe, dress, and groom patients
• Transport patients between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and sterilizing operative areas
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses:

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability:

• Initiative
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Patience

Experience:

• 7 months to less than 1 year

Financial benefits:

• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Support for newcomers and refugees:

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

Support for youths:

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Indigenous people:

• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Supports for visible minorities:

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities

Duration of employment: Permanent

Language of work: English

Working hours: 35 to 40 hours per week