Personal Support Worker - Brantford, Canada - Hardy Terrace Long-Term Care Home

    Hardy Terrace Long-Term Care Home
    Hardy Terrace Long-Term Care Home Brantford, Canada

    1 month ago

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    Description

    Durée de l'emploi:
    Permanent


    • Langue de travail: Anglais
    • Heures de travail: 30 to 44 hours per week
    • Education:
    • Expérience:

    Education:


    • College, CEGEP or other nonuniversity certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
    - or equivalent experience


    Work setting:


    • Nursing home/home for the aged

    Tasks:


    • Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
    • Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
    • Perform other duties related to personal care
    • 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
    • Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
    • Maintain inventory of supplies
    • Bathe, dress and groom patients
    • Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
    • Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
    • Administer first aid in emergency situations
    • Feed or assist in feeding

    Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses:


    • First Aid Certificate
    • CPR Certificate
    • Health Care Aide Certificate

    Security and safety:


    • Criminal record check
    • Vulnerable sector check
    • Tuberculosis test

    Transportation/travel information:


    • Own transportation

    Work conditions and physical capabilities:


    • Fastpaced environment
    • Work under pressure
    • Repetitive tasks
    • Physically demanding
    • Attention to detail
    • Ability to distinguish between colours
    • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
    • Bending, crouching, kneeling
    • Walking

    Weight handling:


    • Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)

    Personal suitability:


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

    Experience:


    • 1 year to less than 2 years

    Health benefits:


    • Dental plan
    • Disability benefits
    • Health care plan
    • Vision care benefits

    Financial benefits:


    • As per collective agreement

    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.)
    • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
    • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
    • Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
    • Provides diversity and crosscultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

    Support for Indigenous people:


    • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
    • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
    • Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenousowned businesses and organizations
    • Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
    • Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers