Health Care Aide - Casual

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; Winnipeg; Hybrid; CAD 22,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Health and Dental

Employee Assistance Program

Disability and Rehabilitation

Life Insurance

Pension Plan

On-site parking

Job summary

Lions Housing Centres Inc. is recruiting Health Care Aide - Casual positions at the Personal Care Home facility.

The Health Care Aide works under supervision of RN/RPN/LPN to provide high-quality resident care in alignment with facility policies. Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, mobility support, monitoring residents, and maintaining records, while upholding the organization’s values: Care, Honesty, and Integrity.

Qualifications

• Health Care Aide Certificate is required.
• Experience in a long-term care setting is an asset.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Good organizational abilities with emphasis on time management.
• Good interpersonal skills and willingness to work as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assists residents with activities of daily living according to individual care plans.
• Supports residents with mobility, transfers, exercises, and positioning.
• Monitors residents and reports changes to LPN, RN or RPN.
• Documents and maintains resident records and handles admissions, discharges and deaths per guidelines.
• Maintains cleanliness of residents, rooms, equipment, and unit.
• Assists during mealtimes and provides between-meal fluids and snacks.

Education

Health Care Aide Certificate from an approved Manitoba Government Advanced Education and Training Health Care Aide Course

Job description

Job Profile:

Lions Housing Centres Inc. owns and operates housing and care facilities to provide accommodation for adult citizens. We provide support that looks at the whole person, not just their mental health needs, but consider their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing.

Lions Housing Centres Inc. is currently recruiting for Health Care Aide - Casual positions for the Personal Care Home facility. As a Health Care Aide, you are responsible as a key member of the interdisciplinary team, to provide the highest quality of resident care in accordance with facility policies, procedures, and protocols. Care is provided under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). This position reports directly to the Resident Care Manager.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assists residents in completing activities of daily living based on individualized care plans with respect, dignity, and compassion.
• Supports residents with mobility, transferring, exercises, and positioning in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
• Closely monitors residents for any changes and reports observations to LPN, RN or RPN.
• Documents and maintains resident records/files according to facility guidelines, including administrative tasks related to new admissions, discharges, and deaths and flow sheet documentation (e.g. MDS tracking, record intake and output, Comfort Care and Close Observation Flow Sheet, Behaviour Mapping).
• Maintains cleanliness of residents, room, equipment, and unit in accordance with facility policy, procedures, and guidelines.
• Assists residents during mealtimes as indicated. Provides between meal fluids and snacks and distributes water jugs as required.

Your education and qualifications:

• Health Care Aide Certificate from an approved Manitoba Government Advanced Education and Training Health Care Aide Course is required
• Experience in a long-term care setting is an asset.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Good organizational abilities, with a particular emphasis on time management
• Good interpersonal skills and an expressed willingness to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to uphold Lions Housing Centres Inc. Values: Care, Honesty, and Integrity.
• Group Heath and Dental
• Employee Assistance Program
• Disability and Rehabilitation
• Life Insurance
• Pension Plan
• On-site parking

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) 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.