health care assistant

Government of Canada; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Vancouver is seeking compassionate individuals to assist patients with daily activities and medical tasks. Responsibilities include accompanying patients on recreational activities, assisting with medical equipment, and providing personal care. Ideal candidates will have a secondary school graduation certificate and some experience in a healthcare setting. This role requires working on-site with no remote options available.

Qualifications

• 1 to less than 7 months of experience required.

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, and setting up medical equipment.
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up, and assembling medical equipment
• Supply and empty bed pans
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse
• Serve meal trays and feed patients
• Weigh, lift, turn, and position patients
• Deliver messages, reports, requisitions, and specimens between departments
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• Bathe, dress, and groom patients
• Transport patients between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Collect specimens
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and sterilizing operative areas
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Additional Information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling