health care aide

Comfort Keepers; Surrey; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in patient care is hiring a Health Care Aide to assist with various patient care tasks. This role involves working directly with patients, ensuring their comfort and safety while performing essential medical support activities. Suitable candidates should demonstrate compassion, effective communication, and teamwork skills. This position requires on-site work and aims to support a diverse and inclusive healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum educational requirement: secondary school graduation.
• Experience in healthcare settings preferred.
• Ability to assist with personal care tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist with cleaning and assembling of medical equipment.
• Take vital signs like blood pressure and temperature.
• Transport patients and prepare them for surgeries.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  
  

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

On site

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

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
• Serve meal trays and feed patients
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
  
  

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for persons with disabilities

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
  
  

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
  
  

Support for youths

• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
  
  

Support for Indigenous people

• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
  
  

Supports for visible minorities

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities