nurse aide
Education:
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years.
Work setting:
- Physician's office.
- Hospital/medical facility or clinic.
- Medical clinic.
Tasks:
- Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment.
- Assist with maintenance and repair of medical equipment.
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
- Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments.
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms.
- Maintain inventory of supplies.
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher.
- Administer first aid in emergency situations.
- Schedule and confirm appointments.
- Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies.
- Log patient samples and prepare them for testing.
- Greet customers.
- Record vital signs.
- Monitor patients and advise physician of any changes in patients' condition.
- Take vital signs.
- Assist health care practitioners during examinations or treatments .
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
- First Aid Certificate.
- CPR Certificate.
- Nursing Aide Certificate.
- Health Care Aide Certificate.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Attention to detail.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Interpersonal awareness.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Patience.
Screening questions:
Do you have experience working in this field?.
Employment terms options:
Early morning.
Experience:
1 year to less than 2 years.
Employment terms options:
Morning. Day.
Other benefits:
- Free parking available.
- On-site amenities.