personal support worker – nursing care

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.

Work setting:

Nursing home/home for the aged.

Tasks:

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
• Assist with maintenance and repair 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.
• Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments.
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms.
• Supervise patients' exercise routines.
• Maintain inventory of supplies.
• Bathe, dress and groom patients.
• Transport patients between care facilities.
• 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 :

• First Aid Certificate.
• CPR Certificate.

Experience:

Experience an asset.