Health Care Aide (HCA - BV.26.35)

Excel Society; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Excel Society in Edmonton, Canada, seeks a Health Care Aide to provide compassionate care within Health Care Competencies. You will work for Balwin Villa with rotational weekend shifts and Tuesday evenings (38.75 hours biweekly).

The role emphasizes respectful client relationships, team collaboration, and maintaining a safe, clean home environment. You will support physical, emotional, and cultural needs, document client status daily, and adhere to infection control practices and safety

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Providing care that is within Health Care Competencies.
• Refer clients and families to appropriate health care team members for information beyond the worker's role.
• Demonstrate respectful relationships and communication with clients and families while building rapport.
• Help meet physical, mental, emotional, psychosocial, and cultural/spiritual needs of the client; identify stress signs; provide support including active listening.
• Support and encourage a culture of teamwork and communication.
• Check equipment for defects; report issues; follow infection control practices and isolation precautions.
• Recognize preventative initiatives and follow procedures for occupational hazards and fire/electrical safety.
• Become acquainted with clients; observe and report client status.
• Encourage and support client efforts to maintain health and wellness; assist in maintaining a clean, safe home environment.
• Respect client rights to confidentiality, privacy, independence, well-being, and choice.
• Recognize and report signs of client abuse.
• Document and report altered client behaviours; complete daily shift client charting.

Skills

Communication

Active listening

Teamwork

Cultural awareness

Education

HCA certificate

First Aid & CPR Level C

Criminal record check

Job description

Hours of Work : 5 Rotational weekend shifts & Tues. evenings (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.