personal support worker – nursing care

Embassy West Senior Living; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A senior living facility in Ottawa is seeking dedicated individuals to provide patient care and assist with medical equipment. Responsibilities include accompanying patients in recreational activities, maintaining medical equipment, and performing personal care tasks. Ideal candidates should have at least some relevant experience and a secondary school graduation certificate. This is a permanent position with full-time hours.

Benefits

Dental plan

Health care plan

Paramedical services coverage

Vision care benefits

Qualifications

• 1 to less than 7 months of relevant experience.
• Ability to assist with cleaning and maintenance of medical equipment.
• Competency in performing personal care duties.

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
• Assist with cleaning, setting up, and assembling medical equipment.
• Administer first aid in emergency situations.

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

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
• Supervise patients\' exercise routines
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients\' needs
• Collect specimens
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Experience

• 1 to less than 7 months

Benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits
• Durée de l\'emploi : Permanent
• Langue de travail : Anglais
• Heures de travail : 40 hours per week