personal support worker – nursing care

Rubidge Retirement Residence; Peterborough; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retirement home in Peterborough is seeking a Personal Support Worker to provide essential care and support to residents. The role involves assisting with daily activities, monitoring health, and ensuring comfort for patients. Ideal candidates will have relevant certifications and a passion for helping others in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Parking available

Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Support for newcomers and refugees

Qualifications

• First Aid and CPR Certificates required.
• 1 to 2 years of experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.
• Bathe, dress, and groom patients.

Skills

Client focus

Interpersonal awareness

Flexibility

Reliability

Team player

Education

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

Job description

• Education : College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
• Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

• Retirement home

Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• Perform other duties related to personal care
• 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
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate

Security and safety

• Immunization records
• Vulnerable sector check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Paramedical services coverage
• As per collective agreement
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Parking available

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition
• Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

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Personal Support Worker • Peterborough, ON, CA