Aide, health care

Everyday Healthcare Solutions Inc

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

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

  • Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
  • Supply and empty bed pans
  • 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
  • Answer call signals to determine patients’ needs
  • Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and coursesĀ 

  • Health Care Aide Certificate

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Immunization records
  • Adult Abuse Registry check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Walking

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Benefits

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
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