Health Care Aide (HCA - BV.26.43)

Excel Society; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Excel Society in Edmonton, AB is seeking a Health Care Aide to provide patient-centered care on a 10-rotation shift pattern (11:00 PM to 7:15 AM) at Baldwin Villa. Duties include supportive care, team referrals, and ensuring safety, privacy, and respect for residents.

The role requires an HCA certificate, current First Aid/CPR Level C, and a clean criminal record check. Responsibilities emphasize observation, charting, infection control, and collaboration with the healthcare team to meet

Qualifications

• Provide care within Health Care Competencies.
• Refer clients and family 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 clients.
• Support and encourage teamwork and communication within the care setting.
• Check equipment for defects and report issues; comply with infection control and isolation procedures.
• Recognize and follow preventative and safety guidelines for hazards, including fire and electrical safety.
• Become acquainted with clients, observe and report client status.
• Encourage and support client efforts to maintain health and a safe home environment.
• Respect client confidentiality, privacy, independence, and rights.
• Recognize signs of client abuse and report them.
• Document daily shift client charting and reporting of client behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care to residents within Health Care Competencies.
• Refer complex issues to appropriate health care team members.
• Maintain respectful, compassionate communication with clients and families.
• Assist with activities of daily living and health maintenance.
• Support teamwork and effective communication among staff.
• Ensure equipment safety and infection control practices are followed.
• Identify safety hazards and follow procedures to prevent incidents.
• Observe client status and report changes in condition.
• Promote client health and safe home environment at all times.
• Protect client confidentiality and rights at every interaction.
• Identify potential abuse and report promptly.
• Complete daily shift notes and maintain accurate client charts.

Education

HCA certificate

Job description

Excel Society
10216 124th St NW
Edmonton, AB T5N, CAN

Description

Hours of Work : 10 Rotational shifts 11p-7:15 am(77.5 hrs. biweekly)(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.