Address
Form of work
SalaryOverview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting
- Nursing home/home for the aged
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Supply and empty bed pans
- 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
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Assist with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Interpersonal awareness
- Organized
- Team player
- Patience
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
