personal support worker – nursing care

Overview

Languages: English

Education:

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year

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:

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
• Assist with maintenance and repair 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
• 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
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Collect specimens