health care aide
- Victoria, BC, Canada
Full-time
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- Full-time
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Original job description
Overview
Languages
English
Education
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
Tasks
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
Health benefits
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
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Home care and visiting care agency
Tasks
- Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
- 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
- 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
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
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
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
More about this job
Responsibilities
Provide personal and basic clinical care, including measuring vital signs, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, and positioning patients. Maintain patient rooms and supplies, clean and prepare medical equipment, collect and transport specimens and messages, transport patients, and provide first aid in emergencies.
Requirements
Requires a secondary school graduation certificate and 1 year to less than 2 years of experience. Required credentials include a First Aid Certificate, CPR Certificate, and Health Care Aide Certificate.
Skills
- Patient Care
- Blood Pressure, Temperature, And Pulse Measurement
- Feeding Patients
- Patient Lifting And Positioning
- Medical Equipment Cleaning And Sterilization
- Specimen Collection
- Patient Bathing, Dressing, And Grooming
- Wheelchair And Stretcher Transport
- First Aid
- Inventory Management
- Room Maintenance
- CPR
Benefits
- Dental Plan
- Health Care Plan
- Vision Care Benefits
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
Keywords
- Health Care Aide
- Home Care
- Visiting Care
- Patient Care
- Vital Signs
- Blood Pressure
- Temperature
- Pulse
- Medical Equipment
- Sterilization
- Feeding Patients
- Patient Positioning
- Specimen Collection
- Patient Transport
- Wheelchair
- Stretcher
- First Aid
- CPR
- Health Care Aide Certificate
- Inventory Management
- Patient Hygiene
- Suppositories
- Colonic Irrigations
- Enemas
- Surgical Preparation