MHC - Health Care Aide & Aide Porter

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; Winnipeg; On-site; Part time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in Winnipeg is seeking a Health Care Aide to assist with participant care. The role involves working in a team to provide essential support and care, ensuring adherence to health and safety regulations. Ideal candidates will have a compassionate demeanor and relevant certifications. This position offers a flexible schedule with shifts on days, nights, and weekends.

Qualifications

• Recent experience as a Health Care Aide preferred.
• Knowledge of personal care, rehab care, and dementia care.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with participant care and providing basic supportive care.
• Working as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Skills

Knowledge of health care team roles

Ability to organize workload

Compassion

Customer service-oriented

Education

Grade 12 or equivalent

Health Care Aide Certificate

Job description

Requisition ID: 381228

Position Number: 20056980

Posting End Date: May 23, 2025

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Misericordia Health Centre

Site: Misericordia Health Centre

Department / Unit: Cornish 6

Job Stream: Clinical Support

Union: CUPE

Anticipated Start Date - End Date: 06/06/2025 - 07/27/2025

Reason for Term: Other Leave

FTE: 0.50

Anticipated Shift: Days; Nights; Weekends

Work Arrangement: In Person

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $22.012, $22.672, $23.351, $24.053, $24.775, $25.519

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services, and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

Directly accountable to the Manager or designate, the Health Care Aide acts as a member of the interdisciplinary team, assisting with participant care and providing basic supportive care as directed. Performs all duties in accordance with established health and safety regulations, policies, and procedures (e.g., utilizing personal protective equipment as per safe work procedures).

Experience

• Recent experience as a Health Care Aide is preferred.
• Experience with older adults is preferred.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Successful completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.
• Health Care Aide Certificate from a recognized educational institution.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the Employer policy.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

Not Applicable

Qualifications and Skills

• Demonstrates knowledge of, and support for, the Centre's core values, philosophy, vision, C.Q.I. goals, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of members of the health care team; the principles of personal care, rehab care, dementia care, chronic care; and non-violent crisis intervention.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload.
• Ability to recognize and pursue self-development opportunities.
• Ability to respond to multiple demands simultaneously.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and seek assistance as needed.
• Non-violent crisis intervention training preferred/essential.
• Demonstrates participant-focused care in accordance with MHC's Mission Statement and meets physical requirements (lifting, bending, reaching above the head, etc.).
• Shows initiative, flexibility, reliability, and creativity.
• Must show compassion, kindness, patience, and understanding.
• Ability to relate to participants as a motivator, problem-solver, and helper.
• Friendly, caring, and sociable demeanor.
• Customer service-oriented with an emphasis on participant-centered care.
• Able to follow instructions precisely.
• Functions effectively within a changing environment and an interdisciplinary team, emphasizing interprofessional collaboration, teamwork, and communication.
• Organizes and adjusts to variable workloads and interruptions.
• Engages in ongoing education and participates in professional development activities.

Physical Requirements

• Involves physical activities such as standing, transferring, and transporting participants and equipment.
• May encounter aggressive and/or agitated individuals.
• May be exposed to disease, radiation, toxic materials, noise, allergens, etc.
• May occasionally work extended hours.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check, and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if obtained within six (6) months prior to employment start date.

Please note that an employee cannot hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that total more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be asked to participate in a skills assessment.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.