personal support worker – nursing care

Heritage Square Retirement Living; Conception Bay South; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retirement living facility is seeking dedicated individuals to provide essential personal care to its residents. The ideal candidate should have a secondary school diploma and prior experience in a nursing home setting. This role involves assisting with daily activities such as personal hygiene, feeding, and recreational support, while working in a fast-paced environment requiring excellent communication and client focus.

Qualifications

• Experience in patient care setting preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and physically demanding environment.
• Strong attention to detail and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
• Assist with medical equipment cleaning and setup.
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.
• Transport patients between care facilities.
• Bathe, dress, and groom patients.

Skills

Client focus

Excellent oral communication

Interpersonal awareness

Patience

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  
  

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting

• Nursing home/home for the aged
  
  

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
• 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
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Collect specimens
• Administer first aid in emergency situations
  
  

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
  
  

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Excellent oral communication
• Interpersonal awareness
• Patience