continuing care assistant

Dykeland Lodge; Garlands Crossing; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A residential care facility in Garlands Crossing is seeking dedicated staff to provide personal care for residents. Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, maintaining hygiene, and ensuring safety. Candidates should have a secondary graduation certificate and caring disposition. Preference will be given to those with relevant certifications and some experience in caregiving roles.

Benefits

Dental plan

Vision care benefits

Mentorship programs for new employees

Qualifications

• Ability to lift and move patients up to 50 lbs.
• Experience in a similar role is an asset.
• Must pass criminal record check and adult abuse registry check.

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
• Assist with personal care tasks such as bathing and grooming.
• Serve meals and help feed patients.

Skills

Attention to detail

Manual dexterity

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Continuing Care Assistant Certification

First Aid Certificate

Job description

Overview

• Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
• Langue de travail : Anglais
• Heures de travail : 40 hours per week

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

• Rural area
• Nursing home / home for the aged

Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• 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
• Transport patients between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients\' needs
• Collect specimens
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Continuing Care Assistant Certification
• First Aid Certificate

Security and safety

• 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 23 kg (50 lbs)

Experience

• Experience an asset

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Vision care benefits

Support for persons with disabilities

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports persons with disabilities
• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and / or refugees
• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and / or refugees (for example : facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
• Recruits newcomers and / or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example : Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and / or refugees with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees

Support for youths

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for youth
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans
• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Veterans
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
• Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market
• Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example : gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)

Support for Indigenous people

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
• Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports mature workers
• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
• Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities