Continuing care assistant
Job Description
Posted on March 30, 2024 by Employer details Valley Prime Caregivers, Incorporated
Job details
- Location Kentville, NS
- Salary19.00 to 23.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 60 to 80 hours bi-weekly
- Terms of employment Permanent employment Full time
- Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Shift, Overtime, On Call, Flexible Hours, Early Morning, Morning
- Start date Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies10 vacancies
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
Work setting
- Home care and visiting care agency
- Rural area
- Various locations
- Hospital or home for the aged
- Nursing home/home for the aged
Responsibilities
Tasks
- 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
- 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
- Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
Additional information
Security and safety
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Vulnerable sector check
- Adult Abuse Registry check
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling
- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
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This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for newcomers and refugees
Who can apply to this job?
Only apply to this job if:
- You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
- You have a valid Canadian work permit.
If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.
How to apply
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By applying directly on Job Bank (Direct Apply) Help – Applying directly on Job Bank (Direct Apply)
By email
Online:
https://valleyprimecaregivers.ca/careers
Include this reference number in your application
E-TPL20220928-30
How-to-apply instructions
Here is what you must include in your application:
- Job reference number
- Cover letter
- References attesting experience
- Proof of the requested certifications
- Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed
This job posting includes screening questions. Please answer the following questions when applying:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
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