Health Care Aide - Red Deer, Canada - Evercare Nursing and Home Care
3 weeks ago
Description
The Health Care Aide is responsible for assisting residents with the activities of daily living in a safe and caring manner.
As a member of the nursing team, they support and encourage the residents to build self-esteem, promote independence and protect their rights to autonomy and dignity.
The responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to:
- Assists in providing adequate nutrition, providing meals and nourishment and feeding to those residents as needed;
- Assists with personal hygiene, bathing and dressing;
- Assists with bowel and bladder care, ensuring the privacy and dignity of the resident, are protected at all times;
- Assists residents to maintain mobility and to transfer safely;
- Assists residents to participate in the social and recreational activities of their choice;
- Assists with transportation as required;
- Assists residents to meet requirements for sleep and rest by providing the optimum environments for rest periods and undisturbed sleep;
- Encourages residents' to participate in care decisions and choices;
- Assists residents to meet basic needs in a gentle, courteous and respectful manner;
- During the process of dying and death, works with the Registered Nurse / Licensed Practical Nurse to ensure that comfort and dignity are maintained;
- Assists with care of the body;
- Observes and reports changes in a residents' functional and cognitive behavior;
- Assist with the admissions, discharges and transfer or residents;
- Reports unsafe or faulty equipment to the Registered Nurse / Clinical Coordinator / Director of Care;
- Performs and records specific nursing procedures, as directed by the Registered Nurse / Licensed Practical Nurse;
- Successful completion of a Resident Care Attendant Program;
- Experience supporting seniors with the ADL;
- Must be able to read, write, and verbally communicate effectively in English;
- Customer service oriented;
- Ability to maintain effective interpersonal and team relationships;
- Conflict resolution skills;
- Demonstrate empathy and understanding of the needs of seniors;
- Knowledge of continuous quality improvement/risk management issues;
- Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate the delivery of care services;
- Ability to multitask.
Part-time hours:
Job Types:
Part-time, Temporary, Casual
Salary:
$16.00-$20.00 per hour
COVID-19 considerations:
Remote interview process
Personal protective equipment provided or required
Temperature screenings
Social distancing goes in place
Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place
Job Types:
Temporary, Contract, Casual
Salary:
$16.00-$20.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
COVID-19 considerations:
Remote interview process
Personal protective equipment provided or required
Temperature screenings
Social distancing guidelines in place
Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place
Work Location:
On the road
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