- Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting
Nursing home / home for the aged
Tasks
- 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
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients between care facilities
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Collect specimens
Security and safety
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Organized
- Team player
Other benefits
- Parking available
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 35 to 44 hours per week