Resident Care Assistant - Petrolia, Canada - County of Lambton

County of Lambton

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Petrolia, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Company Biography
The County of Lambton is an urban-rural area in southwestern Ontario that is home to over 126,000 residents.

The Corporation's seven divisions operate programs and services for the residents of Lambton County such as land ambulance, provincial offences court, three Long-Term Care Homes, 25 library branches, two museums, an art gallery, archives, local roadways, public health services, housing services, social services, building services and planning and development services.

Lambton County is a community dedicated to economic growth, environmental stewardship and an enhanced quality of life through the provision of responsive and efficient services and collaborative efforts with its municipal and community partners.

Position Overview

Provide screening for people entering the Homes for COVID-19, assist with visits to residents of the Long-Term Care Home and provide support to residents within scope as requested.

Responsibilities:

Screening:

Ensure everyone entering the Home answers the COVID19 screening questions
Provide required PPE to anyone entering the Home
Track the contact information for people entering the Home

Visits:

Complete daily schedules for visits and distribute to neighbourhoods
Setup visiting area
Assist residents to and from visits
Monitor and provide support during visit
Clean and sanitize visiting area before/after each visit

Neighbourhood Support:

Make beds and change linens
Tidy rooms and ensure areas are clear of debris, dishes, glasses, etc.
Clean and label residents' belongings
1:1 visits with residents
Distribute fresh linen to rooms for next day
Assist with mechanical lift as 2nd person
Answer call bells and follow up with nursing for residents
Porter residents (e.g. meals)
Provide assistance with mealtimes (excluding high risk residents)
Clear dining room after resident meals
Assist team in retrieving supplies
Cleaning high touch surfaces
Other nonnursing duties as assigned

Rapid Antigen Testing:

Assist/supervise specimen collection using the recommended swabbing technique
Follow Infection Control Protocol specifically related to donning and doffing PPE and handling and disposing of specimens
Ensuring individuals perform proper hand hygiene and sanitization as required between specimen gathering
Ensuring accurate documentation including requisitions and specimen labels and reports test results as required
Interacting with visitors, employees, colleagues and managers in a professional and friendly manner
Perform duties with discretion and professionalism at all times

General:

Incumbents must keep uptodate on all County Policies and Procedures, etc. ensuring that these are implemented as prescribed
Complete all mandatory in services/Surge Learning Modules
Incumbents must possess the physical ability to meet the duties and responsibilities of the job description and/or the requirements identified within the position's Physical Demands Analysis

These describe the general nature and level of work being performed by incumbents in this classification. They are not an exhaustive list of all job duties in the classification. Other duties may be assigned.

Resident Care Assistants will not:

Feed residents in rooms 1 to
Feed high risk residents
Provide personal care, which includes:
Bathing residents
Toileting residents unless acting as 2nd person for lift
Assist with personal hygiene
Document any resident information into the electronic record
Dress residents at risk of falling

Supervision Requirements

Direct Supervision:
None

Indirect Supervision:
None

Functional Authority:
None

Qualifications:

Minimum Formal Education: