nurse aide

Right at home Kingston; Oshawa; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Oshawa is seeking dedicated healthcare aides to assist patients with daily activities and medical tasks. Responsibilities include monitoring vital signs, providing personal care, and ensuring patient comfort in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have a secondary school diploma and be physically capable of handling demanding tasks.

Responsibilities

• Supply and empty bed pans
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
• Serve meal trays and feed patients

Skills

Ability to distinguish between colours

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tasks

• 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
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
• 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

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