Patient Care Assistant - Mississauga, Canada - Trillium Health Partners

Trillium Health Partners

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Mississauga, Canada

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Job Description:

CUPE JOB POSTING

Position:
Patient Care Assistant - RCC

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Status:
Permanent Full - Time

Role Level:
CUPEPCE - $ $29.837 per hour

Department:
Primary Care, Rehab, CCC, RCC and Seniors' Services

Site:
Humber Reactivation Care Centre (RCC), 200 Church Street (401 & Jane)

Hours of Work/Shifts:
Days, Evening (8 hours)

Posted:
August 24, 2023

Internal Deadline:
August 31, 2023

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The location of any vacancy/position may be changed or reassigned as per operational needs
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, and the Reactivation Center at Humber.

Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Our Mission
:
A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community

Our Values
:
Compassion, Excellence, Courage

Our Goals
:
Quality, Access, Sustainability

Our Enablers:

People, Education, Innovation, Research

When we set out to build our vision and future, we connected with our community - patients, families, visitors, physicians, staff and volunteers.

The foundational goals of our new strategic plan - quality, access and sustainability - anchor everything we do.

Our mission for a new kind of health care is built on an inter-connected system of care organized around patients - inside and outside the hospital.

At THP, we are relentless in providing high quality, compassionate care to our communities and take great pride in fostering an inclusive and accessible environment and we are all accountable for contributing to a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing and promoting excellence in patient care though advancing patient and staff safety.

If you are passionate about what you do, motivated to improve the health of the community, committed to excellence, quality and patient safety we would like you to join our Better Together team

About the Reactivation Care Centre (RCC):
The Reactivation Care Centre (RCC) is Trillium Health Partners (THP) fourth site, located at 200 Church Street in York.

At the RCC, our goal is to reintegrate individuals who no longer need acute medical care back into the community.

Our specialized team can support patients' care plan goals while providing more social engagement and recreational therapies.

Key Qualifications:

Minimum Grade 12 or equivalent related skills & experience
THP certification and/or, personal support worker, orthopaedic certificate or appropriate other related Health Care Certificate required
Current BCLS & CPR Certificates essential
Previous Hospital/Health Care experience strongly preferred
Current basic computer skills
Effective written and oral communication skills and interpersonal skills to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Must have the knowledge, skill, judgment and ability to work with patients in an understanding, sensitive and compassionate manner.
Must be a selfdirected individual with welldeveloped organizational skills
Possess the ability to take initiative and work with mínimal supervision
A positive attendance and work record is essential

Position Summary:

As a member of the care giving team on the Patient Services units, assists the Nursing staff with the provision of patient care. Performs duties related to patient care under the direction of regulated Health Care Professionals and/or Physicians in accordance with hospital standards, policies and procedures.
Performs related activities required to assist the team in providing a safe, clean and comfortable environment for patients.

Responsible and accountable for the provision of patient care to a specific group of patients under the direction of regulated Health Care Professionals and in accordance with the standards set by the Hospital

Such duties include:

Delivery of meal trays to assigned patients, feeding of patients as necessary, or assistance with meals as required (opening packages, making patient comfortable and documenting food consumption
Assisting, under the direction of regulated Health Care Professionals, with ambulation, toileting, bathing and personal hygiene functions
Provides physical assistance to patients as required by assisting with lifts and transfers
Performs various patient care duties & related nonprofessional activities necessary in meeting patient's personal needs and comfort and documenting as required.
Assists in the provision of a safe, clean and comfortable environment, including carrying out cleaning and infection control activities as required
Reports all concerns voiced by patients and their families
Alerts team members when any change or concern about the patient's condition is