Health Care Aide & Aide Porter (381962)

Transcona Museum; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization in the Winnipeg Health Region as a Health Care Aide. In this full-time position, you will assist with participant care, providing essential supportive services while working within a collaborative team setting. This role requires compassion, reliability, and a dedication to maintaining quality care standards for older adults and individuals in need.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of Grade 12 or equivalent is required.
• Health Care Aide Certificate from a recognized institution is necessary.
• CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with participant care and providing basic supportive care.
• Working in accordance with established health and safety regulations.
• Engaging with interdisciplinary team members effectively.

Skills

Knowledge of personal care

Teamwork and collaboration

Ability to provide compassionate care

Ability to prioritize tasks

Crisis intervention

Participant-centered care

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Grade 12 or equivalent

Health Care Aide Certificate

CPR training

Job description

Salary : $22.012 $22.672 $23.351 $24.053 $24.775 $25.519

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites services and organizations. Were united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

Directly accountable to the Manager or designate the Health Care Aide acts as a member of the interdisciplinary team assisting with participant care and providing basic supportive care as directed. Performs all duties in accordance with established health and safety regulations / guidelines policies and procedures (e.g. utilizing personal protective equipment as per safe work procedures).

Experience

• Recent experience as a Health Care Aide is preferred.
• Experience with older adults is preferred.

Education (Degree / Diploma / Certificate)

• Successful completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.
• Health Care Aide Certificate from a recognized educational institution.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the Employer policy.

Qualifications and Skills

• Demonstrates knowledge of and support for the Centres core values philosophy vision C.Q.I. goals policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of members of the health care team; the principles of personal care / rehab care / dementia care / chronic care; and non-violent crisis intervention.
• Ability to organize and prioritize assigned workload.
• Ability to recognize and pursue self-development opportunities.
• Ability to respond to a variety of simultaneous demands.
• Ability to perform as a team member and seek assistance as necessary.
• Non-violent crisis intervention training preferred / essential.
• Demonstrates participant focused care in accordance with MHCs Mission Statement and meets physical requirements to carry out job duties - lifting bending reaching above the head etc.
• Demonstrates initiative flexibility reliability and creativity.
• Must show compassion kindness patience and understanding.
• Ability to relate to participants as a motivator problem-solver and helper.
• Is friendly caring and sociable.
• Is customer service-oriented with an emphasis on participant-centred care.
• Able to follow instructions precisely.
• Functions effectively within a changing environment and an interdisciplinary team with an emphasis on interprofessional collaboration team work and communication.
• Must be able to organize and adjust to variable workloads and interruptions.
• Assumes responsibility for ongoing education and participates in professional activities for personal and professional growth.

Physical Requirements

• Involves physical activities such as standing transferring and transporting participants and equipment.
• May encounter aggressive and / or agitated individuals.
• May encounter exposure to disease radiation toxic materials noise allergens etc.
• May occasionally work extended hours.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre Deer Lodge Centre Golden West Centennial Lodge Grace Hospital Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg Pan Am Clinic River Park Gardens Victoria General Hospital WRHA corporate programs and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

Wewelcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodationsare available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Key Skills

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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