medical orderly

Education:

Other trades certificate or diploma. or equivalent experience.

Work setting:

Hospital or home for the aged.

Tasks:

• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment.
• Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort.
• Perform other duties related to personal care.
• Supply and empty bed pans.
• 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.
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas.
• Maintain inventory of supplies.
• Bathe, dress and groom patients.
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher.
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs.
• Collect specimens.
• Administer first aid in emergency situations.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate.
• Moving Patients Safety Principles (MPSP) training.
• First Aid Certificate.
• CPR Certificate.

Security and safety:

Criminal record check.

Transportation/travel information:

Valid driver's licence.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Fast-paced environment.
• Standing for extended periods.
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
• Bending, crouching, kneeling.

Weight handling:

More than 45 kg (100 lbs).

Personal suitability:

• Client focus.
• Dependability.
• Efficient interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral communication.
• Flexibility.
• Initiative.
• Organized.
• Reliability.

Screening questions:

1. Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
2. Do you have experience working in this field?.
3. Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.

Employment terms options:

Evening.

Experience:

1 year to less than 2 years.

Employment terms options:

• Shift.
• Flexible hours.
• Night.
• On call.
• Day.
• Weekend.
• Overtime required.

Financial benefits:

• Bonus.
• Night shift premium.

Other benefits:

• Learning/training paid by employer.
• Other benefits.
• Parking available.