Health Care Aide (HCA- BV.26.29)

Excel Society; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Excel Society in Edmonton seeks a Health Care Aide to provide compassionate client care within established health care competencies. You will work in a rotating schedule, including weekends and Tuesday nights, and collaborate with the health care team to ensure holistic support for each client.

The role emphasizes respectful communication, rapport-building with clients and families, and maintaining client safety and privacy while promoting health and wellness in a home-like environment.

Qualifications

• HCA certificate from an institution recognized by Alberta health Services (as evidenced in CLHA Directory)
• Maintain certification in First Aid and CPR Level C
• Satisfactory current criminal record check

Responsibilities

• Provide care within Health Care Competencies.
• Refer clients and families to appropriate health care team members for information beyond the worker's scope.
• Demonstrate respectful communication and build rapport with clients and families.
• Support physical, mental, emotional, psychosocial, and cultural/spiritual needs; use active listening to identify stress and provide support.

Skills

Patient care

Active listening

Teamwork

Communication

Health care standards

Job description

Hours of Work : 5 Rotational shifts including weekends & tues. nights. (38.75 hrs. biweekly) (HCA - Balwin Villa)

The Job Responsibilities are as follows:

• Providing care that is within the Health Care Competencies.
• Referring client and family members to appropriate members of the health care team for information about issues that exceed the boundaries of the role of the worker.
• Demonstrating the ability to have respectful relationships and communication with clients and family while building rapport.
• Helping to meet physical, mental, emotional, psychosocial, and cultural/spiritual needs of the client. Identifying potential sources, types, and signs of stress for clients and providing support as able including using active listening skills.
• Supporting and encouraging a culture of teamwork and communication.
• Checking equipment for defects, reporting defective equipment to supervisor or other designated individual, complying with infection control practices, and isolation procedures and precautions.
• Recognizing preventative initiatives and follow-up procedures of occupational hazards and follow guidelines for the prevention of fire and electrical accidents.
• Demonstrating ability to become acquainted with the clients and demonstrate awareness and understanding of client's needs. Observing and reporting client status.
• Encouraging and supporting client's efforts to maintain/enhance their health and wellness and assisting client with the maintenance of a clean, healthy, and safe home environment.
• Respecting client’s rights to confidentiality, privacy, independence, well-being, and choice.
• Recognizing and reporting signs of client abuse.
• Recognizing, responding, documenting, and reporting altered client behaviours. Completing daily shift client charting.

Requirements

• HCA certificate from an institution recognized by Alberta health Services as evidenced through enrolment in the CLHA Directory as mandate.
• Maintain certification in First Aid and CPR Level C.
• Satisfactory current criminal record check.