Job details
- Salary 17.27 hourly / 30 to 40 hours per week
- Terms of employment Permanent employment Full time
- Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant/aide
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Rural area
- Relocation costs covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
- Hospital or home for the aged
- Nursing home/home for the aged
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- 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
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
- Geriatric Certificate
- Moving Patients Safety Principles (MPSP) training
- CPR Certificate
Experience and specialization
Area of work experience
Additional information
Security and safety
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- As per collective agreement
- Bonus
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Employment groups
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
Who can apply for this job?
The employer accepts applications from:
- Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada
- other candidates, with or without a valid Canadian work permit
Advertised until
2026-11-25
Important notice
Important notice: This job posting was posted directly by the employer on Job Bank. The Government of Canada has taken steps to make sure it is accurate and reliable but cannot guarantee its authenticity.