health care aide

Nexim healthcare consultants Inc; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare consultancy is seeking compassionate individuals to provide essential patient care in various settings, including home care and nursing homes. Responsibilities include assisting with daily activities, administering medical care, and ensuring patient comfort. Ideal candidates will have a secondary school diploma and a passion for helping others. Join us in making a difference in the lives of our patients.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
• Assist with cleaning and maintenance of medical equipment.
• Administer first aid in emergency situations.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

• Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience : Experience an asset

Work setting

• Home care and visiting care agency
• Various locations
• Nursing home / home for the aged

Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
• 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
• Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Supervise patients' exercise routines
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• 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

Work conditions and physical capabilities