health care aide

health care aide

Offer parameters
Care24 Homecare & Support Services
$23 an hour
Grande Prairie, AB, CA

Woke Type

permanent

About

  • Education :
  • Expérience :

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