personal support worker – nursing care

peopleCare Communities Inc.; Cambridge; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare provider is seeking dedicated caregivers to support elderly residents in a nursing home environment. Responsibilities include providing personal care, accompanying patients in recreational activities, and maintaining a safe and comfortable living space. Candidates must possess relevant certificates and be prepared to work in a fast-paced, physically demanding environment.

Benefits

Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate required.
• First Aid Certificate required.
• CPR Certificate required.

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
• Perform duties related to personal care.
• Manage inventory of supplies.
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse.

Skills

Client focus

Interpersonal awareness

Team player

Reliable

Flexibility

Education

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma

Job description

• Education : College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
• Experience : Experience an asset

Work setting

• Nursing home / home for the aged

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
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Supervise patients' exercise routines
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Collect specimens
• Administer first aid in emergency situations
• Provide companionship
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Launder clothing and household linens
• Administer bedside and personal care
• Feed or assist in feeding

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Immunization records
• Vulnerable sector check
• Tuberculosis test
• Reference required

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics
• As per collective agreement
• Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

• Other benefits

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