Sep 13, 2022
Full Job Description:
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
Take patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse
Supervise patients' exercise routines
Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and sterilizing operative areas
Bathe, dress, and groom patients
Answer call signals
Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
Administer first aid in emergency situations
Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:
Ability to effectively interact with diverse populations including clients, staff, and volunteers.
Understands the systemic issues that affect low income and marginalized people.
Ability to effectively communicate to resolve problems and manage conflicts effectively.
A Criminal Record and Adult Abuse Check is required,
Prior experience with statistics and reporting
Basic computer proficiency.
Additional Skills:
Serve meal trays and feed patients
Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
Supply and empty bed pans
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
Deliver messages, reports, requisitions, and specimens between departments
Transport patients between care facilities
Work Setting:
Public or community health centre
Hospital or home for the aged
Hospital/medical facility or clinic
Home care and visiting care agency
Rehabilitation centre and special health institution
Nursing home/home for the aged
Security and Safety:
Bondable
Child abuse registry check
Driver's validity license check
Driving record check (abstract)
Criminal record check
Adult Abuse Registry
Credentials (certificates, licenses, memberships, courses, etc.)
First Aid Certificate
CPR Certificate
Nursing Aide Certificate
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
Understanding and managing aggressive behavior (UMAB) course
Transportation/Travel Information
Own transportation
Own vehicle
Valid driver's license
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
Fast-paced environment
Work under pressure
Repetitive tasks
Physically demanding
Manual dexterity
Attention to detail
Ability to distinguish between colours
Sound discrimination
Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Standing for extended periods
Walking
Bending, crouching, kneeling
Resume Required.
*Employer will provide LMIA and PNP support for eligible candidates