Continuing Care Assistant - Kentville, Canada - Palmeters Country Home (1986) Ltd

Description

• Work Language: English
• Hours: 56 to 84 hours biweekly
• Education: College, CEGEP or other nonuniversity certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
• Experience: Experience an asset

• Nursing home/home for the aged

• 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
• Supervise patients' exercise routines
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Assist with the setup and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, settingup and operating jobrelated equipment
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals
• Collect specimens
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

• Continuing Care Assistant Certification

• Criminal record check
• Child Abuse Registry check
• Vulnerable sector check

• Physically demanding

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

• Are you available for shift or oncall work?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• Do you have the aboveindicated required certifications?

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

• As per collective agreement

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Maternity and parental benefits
• Pension plan