Full-Time
Health Care Aide
Posted on Jun 26
Points West Living Heritage House 1
4570 Maple Street Vegreville, AB T9C 1X2
Personal Suitability
Flexibility; Excellent oral communication; Client focus; Dependability; Judgement; Reliability; Organized
Work Location Information Rural area
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
Fast-paced environment; Repetitive tasks; Physically demanding; Manual dexterity; Attention to detail; Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Setting Nursing home/home for the aged
Additional Skills
Serve meal trays and feed patients; Make beds and maintain patients' rooms; 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; 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
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
First Aid Certificate; CPR Certificate; Health Care Aide Certificate
Education
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
Languages English
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