attendant, special care facility

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.

Work setting:

• Home care and visiting care agency.
• Rehabilitation centre and special health institution.
• Group home.

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.
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas.
• 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.
• Administer first aid in emergency situations.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :

• First Aid Certificate.
• CPR Certificate.

Security and safety:

• Basic security clearance.
• Criminal record check.
• Child Abuse Registry check.
• Child welfare check.
• Driver's validity licence check.
• Driving record check (abstract).
• Drug test.
• Immunization records.
• Vulnerable sector check.
• Adult Abuse Registry check.

Transportation/travel information:

• Valid driver's licence.
• Own vehicle.
• Travel expenses paid by employer.

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.
• Standing for extended periods.
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
• Bending, crouching, kneeling.
• Walking.

Weight handling:

Up to 9 kg (20 lbs).

Personal suitability:

• Client focus.
• Dependability.
• Interpersonal awareness.
• Judgement.
• Reliability.
• Team player.
• Patience.

Screening questions:

Are you available for shift or on-call work?.

Employment terms options:

• Early morning.
• Evening.

Experience:

1 year to less than 2 years.

Employment terms options:

• Flexible hours.
• Morning.
• Night.
• Day.
• Weekend.
• Overtime available.

Financial benefits:

Group insurance benefits.