continuing care assistant

Richmond Villa; St. Peter's; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in St. Peter's is seeking a Continuing Care Assistant to support patients in various settings. Responsibilities include monitoring vital signs, assisting with daily activities, and maintaining a safe environment. Ideal candidates possess strong interpersonal skills and flexibility, with a relevant certificate or diploma.

Benefits

Free parking available

Team building opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year.

Responsibilities

• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
• Supply and empty bed pans.
• Serve meal trays and feed patients.
• Weigh, lift, turn and position patients.

Skills

Efficient interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Education

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

Job description

• Education : College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
• Experience : 7 months to less than 1 year

Work setting

• Various locations

Tasks

• 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
• Transport patients between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available for the advertised start date?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Team building opportunities
• Work Term : Permanent
• Hours : 35 to 40 hours per week

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Continuing Care Assistant • St. Peter's, NS, CA