continuing care assistant - Kentville, Canada - Valley Prime Caregivers, Incorporated

    Valley Prime Caregivers, Incorporated
    Valley Prime Caregivers, Incorporated Kentville, Canada

    2 weeks ago

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    Description
    • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
    • Langue de travail: Anglais
    • Heures de travail: 60 to 80 hours bi-weekly
    • Education:
    • Expérience:

      • Education

    • Other trades certificate or diploma
    • or equivalent experience

      • Work setting

    • Home care and visiting care agency
    • Rural area
    • Various locations
    • Hospital or home for the aged
    • Nursing home/home for the aged

      • Tasks

    • 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
    • Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
    • Administer first aid in emergency situations

      • Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

    • First Aid Certificate
    • CPR Certificate

      • Security and safety

    • Basic security clearance
    • Criminal record check
    • Child Abuse Registry check
    • Vulnerable sector check
    • Adult Abuse Registry check

      • Transportation/travel information

    • Own transportation

      • Work conditions and physical capabilities

    • Fast-paced environment
    • Work under pressure
    • Physically demanding
    • Manual dexterity
    • Standing for extended periods
    • Combination of sitting, standing, walking

      • Weight handling

    • Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)

      • Personal suitability

    • Client focus
    • Dependability
    • Efficient interpersonal skills
    • Excellent oral communication
    • Flexibility
    • Initiative
    • Interpersonal awareness
    • Judgement
    • Organized
    • Reliability
    • Team player

      • Screening questions

    • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
    • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
    • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
    • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
    • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

      • Experience

    • 1 to less than 7 months

      • Support for newcomers and refugees

    • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
    • Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
    • Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)