continuing care assistant

Annapolis Royal Nursing Home; Lequille; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

Un foyer de soins aux personnes âgées à Lequille, Nouvelle-Écosse, recherche un(e) assistant(e) en soins continus pour fournir des soins aux patients et les accompagner lors d'activités récréatives. Le candidat idéal doit avoir une certification en soins continus, de bonnes compétences en communication et la capacité de travailler sous pression. Une expérience d'au moins un an dans le domaine est requise. Des conditions rapides et exigeantes sont à prévoir et des avantages tels que le stationnement gratuit sont offerts.

Benefits

Stationnement gratuit

Avantages financiers selon convention collective

Qualifications

• 1 à 2 ans d'expérience en soins aux patients.
• Capacité à travailler dans un environnement rapide et exigeant.
• Détention d'un permis de conduire valide et d'un véhicule personnel.

Responsibilities

• Accompagner les patients lors des activités récréatives.
• Effectuer des soins personnels et de confort aux patients.
• Surveiller les signes vitaux des patients.

Skills

Communication orale excellente

Sens de l'organisation

Travail en équipe

Education

Certification d'assistant en soins continus

Certificat de premiers secours

Job description

Overview

Durée de l'emploi : Occasionnel; Langue de travail : Anglais; Heures de travail : 12 to 30 hours per week

Education

• College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year

Work setting

• 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
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
• Serve meal trays and feed patients
• Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Continuing Care Assistant Certification
• First Aid Certificate

Area of work experience

• University or college

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Immunization records
• Vulnerable sector check
• Tuberculosis test

Transportation / travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• 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 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• 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 a student?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• 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?

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Parking available