Job requirements
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
First Aid Certificate; CPR Certificate
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
- Specific Skills
- Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas; Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse; Supervise patients' exercise routines; Collect specimens; 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
- Additional Skills
- Serve meal trays and feed patients; Make beds and maintain patients' rooms; Maintain inventory of supplies; 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
- Weight Handling
- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
- Work Setting
- Nursing home/home for the aged
- Security and Safety
- Criminal record check; Basic security clearance; Adult Abuse Registry
- Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- 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
- Work Location Information
- Urban area; Various locations
- Personal Suitability
- Initiative; Effective interpersonal skills; Flexibility; Team player; Client focus; Interpersonal awareness; Dependability; Judgement; Reliability; Organized