health care aide

Qualicare Home Care; Vernon; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local home care agency in Vernon is looking for a Health Care Aide to assist patients with daily living activities. Responsibilities include monitoring vital signs, serving meals, and providing personal care. Candidates must have health-related certifications such as First Aid and CPR. This position requires work to be performed on-site in Vernon, and a criminal record check is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Must have First Aid and CPR Certificates.
• Health Care Aide Certificate is essential.
• Background check required.

Responsibilities

• Supply and empty bed pans.
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
• Serve meal trays and feed patients.
• Bathe, dress and groom patients.
• Transport patients between care facilities.

Skills

Client focus

Dependability

Initiative

Organized

Reliability

Team player

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Overview

Languages
English

Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Responsibilities

Tasks

• 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
• 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
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

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

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Initiative
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player