Health Care Aide - Winnipeg, Canada - Lions Housing Centers

Description

Requisition ID: 357339


Posting End Date:
April 15, 2024


City:
Winnipeg


Employer:
Lions Housing Centers


Site:320 Sherbrook Street


Department / Unit:
Nursing


Job Stream:
Clinical Support


Union:

CUPE

FTE: 0.4


Anticipated Shift:
Days


Work Arrangement:
In Person


Daily Hours Worked: 7.75


Annual Base Hours: 2015


Salary:
As per the Collective Agreement

_Lions Housing Centres Inc. owns and operates housing and care facilities to provide accommodations for adult citizens. We provide support that looks at the whole person, not just their mental health needs, but consider their physical, emotional, social, and spirtual wellbeing._

_Job Profile:
_
Lions Housing Centres Inc. is currently recruiting term part-time Health Care Aide postions for the Personal Care Home facility.

As a Health Care Aide, you are responsible as a key member of the interdisciplinary team, to provide the highest quality of resident care in accordance with facility policies, procedures, and protocols.

Care is provided under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).

This position reports directly to the Resident Care Manager.


_Job Responsibilities:
_

• Assists residents in completing activities of daily living based on individualized care plans with respect, dignity, and compassion.
• Supports residents with mobility, transferring, exercises, and positioning in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
• Closely monitors residents for any changes and reports observations to LPN, RN or RPN.
• Documents and maintains resident records/files according to facility guidelines, including administrative tasks related to new admissions, discharges, and deaths and flow sheet documentation (e.g. MDS tracking, record intake and output, Comfort Care and Close Observation Flow Sheet, Behaviour Mapping).
• Maintains cleanliness of residents, room, equipment, and unit in accordance with facility policy, procedures, and guidelines.
• Assists residents during meal times as indicated. Provides between meal fluids and snacks and distributes water jugs as required.

_Your education and qualifications:
_

• Health Care Aide Certificate from an approved Manitoba Government Advanced Education and Training Health Care Aide Course is required
• Experience in a longterm care setting is an asset.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Good organizational abilities, with a particular emphasis on time management
• Good interpersonal skills and an expressed willingness to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to uphold Lions Housing Centres Inc. Values; Care, Honesty, and Integrity.

_Benefits:
_

• Group Heath and Dental
• Employee Assistance Program
• Disability and Rehabilitation
• Life Insurance
• Pension Plan
• Onste parking

HOW TO APPLY:


APPLY ONLINE, including all documentation listed below:1.
Applications submitted without the REQUIRED documentation will not be considered.

• Applicants must submit a resume clearly indicating how they meet the qualifications of the position.
  (required)
• Applicants will be required to undergo assessments to determine their knowledge, abilities, and skills as they relate to the qualifications of the position.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT.

The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Effective April 1, 2024, Golden West Centennial Lodge will also be part of the WRHA legal entity.