Overview
Languages
French
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On the road
Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.
Work setting
- Home care and visiting care agency
- Various locations
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Nursing home/home for the aged
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Provide personal care
- Provide companionship
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Administer medications
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Moving Patients Safety Principles (MPSP) training
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Personal Support Worker Certificate
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Reference required
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
- Punctuality
Benefits
Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement
