medical orderly
Education:
Other trades certificate or diploma.
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.
- Maintain inventory of supplies.
- Bathe, dress and groom patients.
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher.
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs.
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas.
- Administer first aid in emergency situations.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- 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?.
Employment terms options:
Evening.
Experience:
3 years to less than 5 years.
Employment terms options:
Night. Day. Weekend.
Health benefits:
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
- Paramedical services coverage.
Financial benefits:
- Life insurance.
- Night shift premium.
Long term benefits:
Long-term care insurance.
Other benefits:
- Free parking available.
- Team building opportunities.
- Variable or compressed work week.