continuing care assistant

Valley Prime Caregivers Inc; Kentville; Hybrid; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Une entreprise de soins aux personnes âgées recherche des aides-soignants pour fournir des soins aux patients dans divers environnements. Les candidats doivent avoir un certificat en gériatrie et être capables d'accompagner les patients lors d'activités récréatives tout en fournissant des soins personnels. L'expérience antérieure et la capacité à travailler sous pression sont requises.

Benefits

Assurance santé

Parking gratuit

Formation payée par l'employeur

Options de logement sur site

Opportunités de renforcement d'équipe

Qualifications

• Être titulaire d'un certificat en gériatrie et d'autres certifications appropriées.
• Avoir de l'expérience dans des tâches liées aux soins aux patients.
• Capacité à travailler dans un environnement rapide et physiquement exigeant.

Responsibilities

• Accompagner les patients lors d'activités récréatives.
• Superviser les routines d'exercice des patients.
• Assurer le transport des patients entre différents établissements.

Skills

Soins aux patients

Communication orale efficace

Patience

Esprit d'équipe

Détermination

Education

Certification de fin d'études secondaires

Certificat en gériatrie

Certificat en premiers secours

Certificat d'aide-soignant

Certificat d'aide à la santé

Job description

Overview

• Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
• Langue de travail : Anglais
• Heures de travail : 60 to 80 hours bi-weekly

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

• Remote location
• Rural area
• Urban area
• Various locations
• Willing to relocate
• Hospital or home for the aged
• Hospital / medical facility or clinic
• Nursing home / home for the aged

Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• Perform other duties related to personal care
• 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
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Geriatric Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• Nursing Aide Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Child Abuse Registry check
• Tuberculosis test

Transportation / travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation
• Own vehicle

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 13.5 kg (30 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Patience

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available for the advertised start date?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
• What is the highest level of study you have completed?
• What is your current field of study?

Experience

• 7 months to less than 1 year

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus
• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning / training paid by employer
• On-site housing options
• Other benefits
• Team building opportunities
• Parking available

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and / or refugees
• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and / or refugees (for example : housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
• Recruits newcomers and / or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example : Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition
• 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 Indigenous people

• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination