health care aide

Northern Health Region; Flin Flon; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Canada is seeking a dedicated health care aide to assist with various patient care tasks. Responsibilities include serving meals, assisting with personal care, and supporting patient mobility. Candidates must have CPR and Health Care Aide certifications, and experience is considered an asset. The role requires a team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a physically demanding environment.

Benefits

Dental plan

Health care plan

Vision care benefits

Bonus

Group insurance benefits

Life insurance

Pension plan

Free parking available

Qualifications

• CPR Certificate required.
• Health Care Aide Certificate required.
• Experience in a similar role is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Supply and empty bed pans.
• 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.
• Maintain inventory of supplies.
• Bathe, dress and groom patients.
• Transport patients between care facilities.

Skills

Client focus

Dependability

Efficient interpersonal skills

Excellent oral communication

Flexibility

Initiative

Interpersonal awareness

Judgement

Organized

Reliability

Team player

Education

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

Job description

Education

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

Work setting

• Willing to relocate
• Hospital / medical facility or clinic

Tasks

• Supply and empty bed pans
• 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
• 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

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• CPR Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Child Abuse Registry check
• Immunization records
• Adult Abuse Registry check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• 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

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Experience

• Experience an asset

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement
• Bonus
• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Pension plan

Long term benefits

• Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Other benefits