special care worker - medical
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Must-have:Security
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work setting:
- Urban area.
- Hospital or home for the aged.
- 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.
- Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas.
- 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 :
- Continuing Care Assistant Certification.
- First Aid Certificate.
- CPR Certificate.
- Nursing Aide Certificate.
- Health Care Aide Certificate.
Security and safety:
- Basic security clearance.
- Criminal record check.
- Child Abuse Registry check.
- Immunization records.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Physically demanding.
- Manual dexterity.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Sound discrimination.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Walking.
Weight handling:
More than 45 kg (100 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Interpersonal awareness.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
Screening questions:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Employment terms options:
Shift.
Experience:
Experience an asset.
Health benefits:
- Dental plan.
- Vision care benefits.