Health care aide

Overview Languages

English

• Other trades certificate or diploma
• or equivalent experience

1 to less than 7 months

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

• Nursing home/home for the aged

• Supply and empty bed pans
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
• 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
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
• 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
• Collect specimens
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

• Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate

• Criminal record check
• Immunization records
• Tuberculosis test

• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Walking

• More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

• Bonus
• Life insurance
• Night shift premium

• Travel insurance