personal support worker – nursing care

Senior Rescue Home Healthcare; Canada; Remote; CAD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider is seeking a dedicated caregiver to support patients in various settings including home and hospital environments. Responsibilities include personal care, assistance with mobility, and delivering recreational activities. Candidates should have relevant certifications like CPR and First Aid, and be prepared for physically demanding tasks. This position offers flexible hours and requires good communication skills.

Benefits

Dental plan

Long-term care insurance

Learning opportunities paid by employer

Qualifications

• Experience in patient care settings is required.
• Must have completed relevant certifications like First Aid and CPR.
• Ability to handle physically demanding tasks.

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients in recreational activities.
• Administer personal care including hygiene.
• Assist in mobility and transportation of patients.

Skills

Patient care

First Aid knowledge

Mobility assistance

Education

College / CEGEP

Tools

CPR techniques

Healthcare tools

Job description

Overview

Work Term: Permanent

Work Language: English or French

Hours: 37.5 to 45 hours per week

Education: College / CEGEP

Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year or equivalent experience

Work setting

• Remote location
• Rural area
• Urban area
• Various locations
• Work in employer\'s / client\'s home
• Willing to relocate
• Hospital or home for the aged
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Prepare meals
• Housekeeping activities
• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Moving Patients Safety Principles (MPSP) training
• Continuing Care Assistant Certification
• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Nursing Aide Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate

Work experience with special needs students

• Assistance with mobility

Security and safety

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

Transportation / travel information

• Own transportation
• Travel expenses not paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Walking

Weight handling

• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you currently a student?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
• What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Health benefits

• Dental plan

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement
• Night shift premium

Long term benefits

• Long-term care insurance
• Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning / training paid by employer
• On-site amenities
• Other benefits