Full-Time

Health Care Aide

Posted on Apr 07

Points West Living Sla...

#105, 6TH AVENUE NE, Slave Lake, AB, T0G 2A2

Personal Suitability

Flexibility; Team player; Excellent oral communication; Client focus; Reliability; Organized

Work Location Information Rural area

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

Fast-paced environment; Repetitive tasks; Physically demanding; Manual dexterity; Attention to detail

Work Setting Nursing home/home for the aged

Additional Skills

Make beds and maintain patients' rooms; Supply and empty bed pans; Assist with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment; Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments

Specific Skills

Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas; Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher; Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse; Supervise patients' exercise routines; Collect specimens; Bathe, dress and groom patients; Answer call signals; Weigh, lift, turn and position patients; Administer first aid in emergency situations; Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort

Experience Experience an asset

Education

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

Languages English

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