Health care assistant
KARESUPPORT INC.
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- College/CEGEP
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Work in employer’s/client’s home
Responsibilities
Tasks
- 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
- Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms
- Supervise patients’ exercise routines
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Reliability
- Patience
Benefits
Health benefits
- Health care plan
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers