nursing services aide
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work setting:
Work in employer's/client's home.
Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment.
Tasks:
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
- Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment.
- Assist with maintenance and repair of medical equipment.
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort.
- Perform other duties related to personal care.
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
- Serve meal trays and feed patients.
- Supervise patients' exercise routines.
- Bathe, dress and groom patients.
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher.
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
- First Aid Certificate.
- CPR Certificate.
Security and safety:
Criminal record check.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Repetitive tasks.
- Physically demanding.
- Walking.
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Patience.
Screening questions:
Do you have experience working in this field?.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Shift.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Night.
Experience:
Experience an asset.
Employment terms options:
Overtime available.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths:
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
Support for Veterans:
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans .
Support for Indigenous people:
Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .
Support for mature workers:
Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers .