Health care aide

Midtown Care Home; Weyburn; On-site; CAD 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Midtown Care Home in Weyburn, Saskatchewan is seeking volunteers for on-site home care and visiting care roles. The position is full-time, with a salary noted at $23.50 hourly for a 40-hour week and starts as soon as possible.

Responsibilities include accompanying patients on outdoor activities, assisting with meals and personal care, taking vital signs, moving and positioning patients, and transporting them as needed.

Qualifications

• High school graduation or equivalent required.
• First Aid and CPR certificates are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• 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
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher

Skills

Patient care

On-site collaboration

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

First Aid Certificate

CPR Certificate

Job description

Volunteer Experience · Work Experience · Work & Career

Job details

Location: Weyburn, SK S4H 0K6
Work location: On site
Salary: $23.50 hourly / 40 hours per week
Permanent employment, Full time
Shift, Night, Day
Starts as soon as possible
1 vacancy
Source: Job Bank #3664423

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
or equivalent experience

Experience

Experience an asset

Work location

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

Work setting

Home care and visiting care agency
Rural area

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• 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
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher

Credentials

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate

Additional information

• Security and safety
• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding

Attention to detail

Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player

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