Overview
Languages
English or French
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting
- Physician's office
- Hospital/medical facility or clinic
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- 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
- Answer call signals
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Moving Patients Safety Principles (MPSP) training
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Nursing Aide Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Long term benefits
- Maternity and parental benefits