Health Care Aide

Job summary

Provide personal and basic clinical care, including measuring vital signs, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, and positioning patients. Maintain patient rooms and supplies, handle specimens and medical equipment, transport patients, respond to call signals, and provide first aid in emergencies.

Job details

Overview Languages English Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience 1 year to less than 2 years On site Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely. Work setting Home care and visiting care agency Responsibilities Tasks Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment 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 Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas Maintain inventory of supplies Bathe, dress and groom patients 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 Administer first aid in emergency situations Credentials Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses First Aid Certificate CPR Certificate Health Care Aide Certificate Benefits Health benefits Dental plan Health care plan Vision care benefits Employment groups This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups: Support for newcomers and refugees Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.) Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition Support for youths Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth Support for Indigenous people Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

What you’ll do

Provide personal and basic clinical care, including measuring vital signs, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, and positioning patients. Maintain patient rooms and supplies, handle specimens and medical equipment, transport patients, respond to call signals, and provide first aid in emergencies.

Requirements

Requires a secondary school graduation certificate and 1 year to less than 2 years of experience. Required credentials include First Aid, CPR, and a Health Care Aide Certificate.

Benefits

• Dental Plan
• Health Care Plan
• Vision Care Benefits

Listed skills

• Clinical care · Preferred
• First Aid · Preferred
• Inventory management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Patient Care
• Blood Pressure, Temperature, And Pulse Measurement
• Feeding Patients
• Patient Lifting And Positioning
• Medical Equipment Setup And Sterilization
• Specimen Collection
• Patient Bathing, Dressing, And Grooming
• Wheelchair And Stretcher Transport
• First Aid
• Inventory Management
• Bed Making And Room Maintenance
• Suppository, Enema, And Colonic Irrigation Administration

Job areas

• Healthcare

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