health care aide
Education:
Other trades certificate or diploma.
Work setting:
Home care and visiting care agency.
Tasks:
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort.
- Perform other duties related to personal care.
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients.
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms.
- Supervise patients' exercise routines.
- Bathe, dress and groom patients.
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher.
- Administer first aid in emergency situations.
- Provide personal care.
- Provide companionship.
- Instruct patients regarding oral hygiene.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
- First Aid Certificate.
- Health Care Aide Certificate.
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check.
- Vulnerable sector check.
- Tuberculosis test.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Attention to detail.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Initiative.
- Interpersonal awareness.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
Screening questions:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Are you currently a student?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Morning.
- Night.
Experience:
Experience an asset.
Employment terms options:
- To be determined.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Workplace information:
On the road job.
Health benefits:
- Dental plan.
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
Financial benefits:
- Group insurance benefits.
- Life insurance.
Other benefits:
- Other benefits.
- Travel insurance.
- Variable or compressed work week.
Support for youths:
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.