medical orderly

Education:

College/CEGEP.

Work setting:

Nursing home/home for the aged.

Tasks:

• 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.
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas.
• Maintain inventory of supplies.
• Bathe, dress and groom patients.
• 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 :

• Moving Patients Safety Principles (MPSP) training.
• CPR Certificate.

Security and safety:

Criminal record check.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail.

Personal suitability:

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

Experience:

7 months to less than 1 year.

Employment terms options:

• Evening.
• Night.
• Day.

Support for youths:

Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.