Health Care Aide - Calgary, Canada - Providence Alberta Home Care Inc
2 weeks ago
Description
Education:
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Experience: Experience an asset
Work setting:
- Home care and visiting care agency
- Remote location
- Work in employer's/client's home
- 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
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients between care facilities
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- 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:
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Nursing Aide Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Vulnerable sector check
Transportation/travel information:
- Valid driver's licence
- Own vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fastpaced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
Weight handling:
- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
Screening questions:
- 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?
- Work Term: Casual
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 44 hours per week
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