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A leading health care provider in Windsor, Canada, is seeking a dedicated Nurse Aide - Health Care Aide to join their team. The successful candidate will be responsible for essential patient care tasks, including assisting with daily living activities and ensuring the comfort and safety of patients. This full-time permanent role offers a competitive hourly wage and benefits while contributing to a rewarding healthcare environment.
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
or equivalent experience
Experience
Experience an asset
Responsibilities
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
Assist with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment
Transport patients between care facilities
Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
Answer call signals
Collect specimens
Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
Administer first aid in emergency situations
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
First Aid Certificate
CPR Certificate
Additional information
Security and safety
Bondable
Criminal record check
Driver’s validity licence check
Driving record check (abstract)
Immunization records
Vulnerable sector check
Tuberculosis test
Transportation/travel information
Valid driver’s licence
Own transportation
Travel expenses paid by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Repetitive tasks
Physically demanding
Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Bending, crouching, kneeling
Walking
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
Client focus
Dependability
Efficient interpersonal skills
Excellent oral communication
Flexibility
Initiative
Interpersonal awareness
Judgement
Organized
Reliability
Team player
Salary Details: $22.90 hourly / 40 hours per Week
Terms of employment: Permanent employment – Full time
Work start date: starts as soon as possible
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