Job Title: Health Care Assistant In Canada
Sector: Health Care
Company; Macgowan nursing homes ltd. Website:
Job details
- Location719 JOSEPHINE STREET Wingham, ONN0G 2W0
- Salary22.00 hourly / 40 to 60 hours per Week
- Terms of employment Permanent employment Full time
- Day, Early Morning, Evening, Morning, Night, On Call, Overtime, Shift, Weekend
- Start date Starts as soon as possible
- Benefits: Health benefits, Financial benefits, Other benefits
- vacancies1 vacancy
- Verified
- Source Job Bank #2888303
Overview Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
Work setting
- Willing to relocate
- Nursing home/home for the aged
Responsibilities Tasks
- 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
- Assist with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment
- 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
- Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Credentials Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
Health benefits
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement
Other benefits
- Other benefits
- Parking available
The employer accepts applications from:
- Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada.
- Other candidates with or without a valid Canadian work permit.
How to apply
Direct Apply
By applying directly on Job Bank (Direct Apply)
By email: archie.macgowan@braemar-rc.com
Website:https://braemar-rc.com/
How-to-apply instructions
Here is what you must include in your application:
- Copy of latest school transcript
- Proof of the requested certifications
- Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed
This job posting includes screening questions. Please answer the following questions when applying:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $22.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 – 60 per week
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Vision care
Schedule:
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- On call
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
Supplemental pay types:
- Overtime pay
Work Location: In person
