personal support worker - home support

LES SOINS HEALTH INC.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare services provider in Ottawa is seeking personal care assistants to provide bedside care, assist with daily routines, and ensure client well-being. Ideal candidates should have a secondary school graduation certificate and possess qualities such as dependability and patience. This permanent, full-time position requires effective communication skills and the ability to handle physically demanding tasks.

Responsibilities

• Administer bedside and personal care.
• Administer medications.
• Assist clients with bathing and personal hygiene.
• Provide companionship.
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals.

Skills

Dependability

Organized

Judgement

Efficient interpersonal skills

Excellent oral communication

Patience

Honesty

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

• Will train

Tasks

• Administer bedside and personal care
• Administer medications
• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
• Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
• Change non‑sterile dressings
• Collect specimens
• Feed or assist in feeding
• Launder clothing and household linens
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Plan therapeutic diets and menus
• Provide companionship
• Provide personal care
• Shop for food and household supplies
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Work under pressure

Personal Suitability

• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Judgement
• Organized
• Patience
• Honesty

Work Term: Permanent

Work Language: English

Hours: 35 hours per week