patient service associate
Your tasks
- Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling 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.
- 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.
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas.
- Administer first aid in emergency situations.
Requirements
Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Asset languages Shona.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate.
- CPR Certificate.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail.
- Standing for extended periods.
Personal suitability
- Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
Screening questions
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
7 months to less than 1 year.
Other
Work setting
- Physician's office.
- Hospital/medical facility or clinic.
Employment terms options Day.