personal care provider - medical
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Work setting:
- Nursing home/home for the aged.
- Public or community health centre.
Tasks:
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms.
- Supervise patients' exercise routines.
- Bathe, dress and groom patients.
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs.
- Administer first aid in emergency situations.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
- First Aid Certificate.
- CPR Certificate.
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check.
- Vulnerable sector check.
Transportation/travel information:
Own transportation. Travel expenses not paid by employer.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Physically demanding.
- Attention to detail.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Walking.
Weight handling:
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Interpersonal awareness.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
Screening questions:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Night.
Experience:
No experience (will train).
Employment terms options:
- Day.
- Weekend.
Financial benefits:
- Bonus.
- Night shift premium.
Other benefits:
- Free parking available.
- Learning/training paid by employer.
- Other benefits.