Health care aide

Valinor Retirement Home; Canada; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Valinor Retirement Home is seeking a dedicated Health Care Aide to provide in-facility care in a rural Canadian setting. The role involves assisting residents with daily living activities, accompanying them on outdoor activities, and supporting clinical tasks to ensure comfort and safety.

Responsibilities include taking vital signs, feeding patients, bathing, dressing, and helping with mobility. A Criminal record check is required, and on-site work only in a rural nursing home environment.

Qualifications

• First Aid Certificate is required.
• CPR Certificate is required.
• Health Care Aide Certificate is required.
• Criminal record check may be required.

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Assist with maintenance and repair of medical equipment
• 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
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Collect specimens
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Skills

Client focus

Efficient interpersonal skills

Interpersonal awareness

Organized

Team player

Patience

Education

College/CÉGEP or similar 1–2 year diploma

Job description

OVERVIEW

LANGUAGES

English

EDUCATION

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

EXPERIENCE

• 1 year to less than 2 years

ON SITE

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

WORK SETTING

• Rural area
• Nursing home/home for the aged

RESPONSIBILITIES

TASKS

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Assist with maintenance and repair of medical equipment
• 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
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Collect specimens
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

CREDENTIALS

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SECURITY AND SAFETY

• Criminal record check

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Walking

WEIGHT HANDLING

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Interpersonal awareness
• Organized
• Team player
• Patience