Health Care Aide

Alberta Health Services; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider in Fort McMurray as a Health Care Aide. You will support patients in a modern facility, ensuring their daily living needs are met while working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. This role offers a competitive salary and additional allowances, making it a rewarding career choice in a vibrant community.

Benefits

Fort McMurray Allowance

Qualifications

• Completion of Health Care Aide Certificate within 18 months of hire.
• 3-5 years of HCA experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal assistance and support services to patients.
• Assist nurses with routine care and observe patient wellbeing.

Skills

Team Collaboration

Communication

Physical Endurance

Education

Health Care Aide Certificate

Nursing Program

Job description

Your Opportunity:

Senior care is an interesting, challenging, and continually changing field, with some of the most complex patients in healthcare. Alberta Health Services (AHS) has an exciting opportunity to grow your career in a brand-new, state-of-the-art long term care facility as you work with patients who have unique life experiences, families, and stories to tell. Willow Square Continuing Care Centre in Fort McMurray includes 36 long term and palliative care spaces and 72 supportive living spaces. Its high standard of thoughtful design features lots of natural light, private rooms with zero-threshold showers, landscaped pathways, and gardens to make it feel like home. It’s also the first Alberta Infrastructure to use geothermal heating and set up to add solar panels and add 36 spaces in the future. The Health Care Aide functions as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing healthcare services for clients and family members in their home environment. Fort McMurray (within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo) is a thriving community with lively social, arts, sports, recreational and cultural opportunities for all ages. A family-forward city, Fort McMurray offers great educational opportunities for all ages and a wonderful work-life balance. Discover stunning landscapes in the heart of Canada's boreal forest, lakes, and rivers nearby, and four provincial parks in the area you’ll enjoy an outstanding lifestyle and find your niche in Fort McMurray. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Fort McMurray Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $12,480. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay.

Description:

As a Health Care Aide (HCA), you will work as a collaborative member of the multi-disciplinary team providing personal assistance including supporting activities of daily living and support services to patients (clients, residents) who require short-term assistance or ongoing support, in accordance with the patient care plan and facility policies and procedures. In this position you will work closely with patients, families, and caregivers spanning the continuum of care in home, community or health care facilities assisting nurses with the provision of routine care to meet patients' hygiene, nutrition, mobility, recreation and safety needs, assisting with organized activities or programs and observing and reporting on a patient's mood, health, and wellbeing. Working under a regulated health professional you will be assisting in the maintenance of a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors, and maintaining effective communication with patients and health professionals.

Acute Care Alberta: N Primary Care Alberta: N Recovery Alberta: N Classification: Health Care Aide Union: AUPE AUX Unit and Program: Supportive Living Primary Location: Willow Square Continuing Care Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.00 Posting End Date: 17-JUL-2025 Employee Class: Casual/Relief Date Available: 27-JUL-2025 Hours per Shift: Varies Length of Shift in weeks: Varies Shifts per cycle: Varies Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call Days Off: Other Minimum Salary: $20.78 Maximum Salary: $26.03 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of Health Care Aide Certificate within 18 months of hire and active directory status on the Alberta Health Care Aide Directory. Must provide a confirmation letter as proof of enrolment from the Directory at https://www.albertahcadirectory.com/health-care-aides/confirmation/. Nursing students currently enrolled in an approved Alberta nursing program who have successfully completed a minimum of 100 hours of practicum; and are either in their 1st year of practical nursing program; or 2nd year of baccalaureate nursing or psychiatric nursing program will be considered. Must attest to this compliance and provide proof of qualification.

Additional Required Qualifications:

3-5 years of HCA experience. Current BLS-HCP Health Care Provider with Heart and Stroke. Ability to meet the physical demands of the job. Work independently. Alberta Health Care Aide Directory Number - Must be registered as Substantially Equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous Continuing Care Unit experience. Previous Medication Administration Experience (MAPs). Willingness to participate in team collaboration through team meetings, client review and interdisciplinary discussions. Commitment to continued learning.