psychiatric aide

Education:

Other trades certificate or diploma.

Work setting:

Hospital/medical facility or clinic.

Tasks:

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
• 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.
• Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments.
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms.
• Supervise patients' exercise routines.
• 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.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate.
• Health Care Aide Certificate.

Security and safety:

• Criminal record check.
• Child Abuse Registry check.
• Immunization records.
• Vulnerable sector check.
• Adult Abuse Registry check.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Work under pressure.
• 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.

Personal suitability:

• Client focus.
• Dependability.
• Efficient interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral communication.
• Flexibility.
• Initiative.
• Interpersonal awareness.
• Judgement.
• Organized.
• Reliability.
• Team player.
• Patience.

Screening questions:

• Do you have experience working in this field?.
• Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.

Experience:

Experience an asset.

Employment terms options:

Day.

Health benefits:

• Dental plan.
• Disability benefits.
• Health care plan.
• Vision care benefits.

Financial benefits:

• As per collective agreement.
• Bonus.
• Life insurance.
• Pension plan.

Long term benefits:

Long-term care insurance.

Other benefits:

• Free parking available.
• Learning/training paid by employer.
• Other benefits.
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days).
• Travel insurance.
• Wellness program.