personal support worker – nursing care
Education:
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year.
Work setting:
Nursing home/home for the aged.
Tasks:
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities.
- 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.
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms.
- Supervise patients' exercise routines.
- 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.
- Provide personal care.
- Provide companionship.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Launder clothing and household linens.
- Administer bedside and personal care.
- Feed or assist in feeding.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate.
- First Aid Certificate.
- CPR Certificate.
- Nursing Aide Certificate.
- Health Care Aide Certificate.
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.
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Interpersonal awareness.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Patience.
- Values and ethics.
Employment terms options:
Early morning.
Government programs:
Recognized employer.
Employment terms options:
- Evening.
- Morning.
- Night.
Experience:
Experience an asset.
Employment terms options:
- Day.
- Weekend.
Health benefits:
- Dental plan.
- Health care plan.
- Vision care benefits.
Financial benefits:
- As per collective agreement.
- Group insurance benefits.
Other benefits:
Other benefits.