personal care aide

Les Soeurs de l'Assomption SV; Northwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A caring organization for elderly support in Northwestern Ontario seeks a dedicated personal care worker to provide essential support to residents. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, monitoring health indicators, and ensuring patient comfort. Candidates must possess a high school diploma or equivalent experience, and interpersonal skills are essential. This full-time position offers a combination of day and night shifts and aims to maintain a supportive environment for elderly individuals.

Benefits

Night shift premium

Free parking available

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care duties is an asset.
• Must be dependable and organized.
• Flexibility and good interpersonal skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform personal care duties for patients.
• Take patients' vital signs.
• Transport patients to various locations.

Skills

Attention to detail

Client focus

Excellent oral communication

Team player

Reliability

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

or equivalent experience

Job description

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

Work setting

• Nursing home / home for the aged

Tasks

• 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
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Supervise patients' exercise routines
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Vulnerable sector check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Walking

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Patience

Screening questions

• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

Experience

• Experience an asset

Financial benefits

• Night shift premium

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Other benefits
• Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
• Langue de travail : Bilingue
• Heures de travail : 52.5 hours bi-weekly