Continuing Care Assistants - Central Zone
- Bedford, NS, Canada
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Job details
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Health Association Nova Scotia is partnering with the Department of Seniors and Long-term Care to provide recruitment support to continuing care employers in Nova Scotia. There are numerous opportunities across the Central Zone.
Want to be part of an interdisciplinary team that helps people to live well in the place they call home? If so, we want you! We can support you by matching you with an employer in long-term care or home care.
Do you enjoy variety in your workdays and truly have a passion for caring for others? Whether you are just starting your career or have demonstrated a lifelong love for helping others we have an opening for you!
Responsibilities:
- Assisting clients with various personal care activities (e.g., bathing, dressing, grooming).
- Perform light housekeeping duties.
- Assist clients with meals and between meal refreshments.
- Provide respite for families and care givers.
- Documentation (e.g., reporting client concerns, progress notes, incident reports).
- Engage residents/families in leisure/recreational programs.
Core Requirements:
- Provincial Continuing Care Assistant Certification
- Persons with related education and/or work experience and are enrolled in or are eligible to be enrolled in CCA RPL Program
- Students in nursing, CCA programs, and international educated nurses will be considered.
What We Offer:
- Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
- Professional growth and an attractive compensation and benefits package
- Positions Available Across the Province
We hire both CCAs and CCAITs. Salary range is dependent on employer and CCA status.
Certified Continuing Care Assistant means a continuing care assistant who has been certified under the Continuing Care Assistant certification program and has been added to the Registry for Continuing Care Assistants. Continuing Care Assistant in Training means a person employed as a Continuing Care Assistant who is
- Completing requirements to become a certified continuing care assistant
- Hired on a conditional basis in accordance with the Educational Requirements for Entry to Practice of Non-Licensed Care Staff Policy.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Continuing Care Assistant will help clients with bathing, dressing, grooming, meals and light housekeeping, and will write progress notes and incident reports. The role also gives families a break and involves residents in recreation activities.
Requirements
Candidates need a provincial Continuing Care Assistant certification, or related education or experience and enrolment or eligibility in the CCA RPL program. Nursing students, CCA program students and internationally educated nurses are considered.
Skills
- Personal care
- Bathing and dressing assistance
- Grooming
- Meal assistance
- Light housekeeping
- Clinical documentation
- Incident reporting
- Progress notes
- Recreational programming
- Client and family communication
- Respite care
- Interdisciplinary teamwork
- Continuing care
Benefits
- Professional growth
Categories
- Healthcare
- Social Services
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- Continuing Care Assistant
- CCA
- CCAIT
- personal care
- long-term care
- home care
- respite care
- activities of daily living
- documentation
- recreation
- nursing assistant
- personal support worker
- healthcare aide
- RPL
- Nova Scotia
Seniority
Entry level
Licences and certifications
- Continuing Care Assistant certification