Overview
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Work setting
- Urban area
- Willing to relocate
- Nursing home/home for the aged
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Supply and empty bed pans
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- 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
- Transport patients between care facilities
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Immunization records
- Tuberculosis test
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Benefits
Health benefits
- Health care plan
Other benefits
- Free parking available