Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Home care and visiting care agency
- Rural area
- Various locations
- Work in employer's / client's home
- Nursing home / home for the aged
- Group home
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
- 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
- Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Nursing Aide Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Reliability
- Patience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Workplace information
On the road job
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
- Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
- Langue de travail : Anglais
- Heures de travail : 40 to 44 hours per week