health care aide
- Vernon, BC, Canada
Full-time
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- Full-time
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- Posting language
- English
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Original job description
Overview
Languages
English
Education
7 months to less than 1 year
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Responsibilities
Tasks
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
Security and safety
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
7 months to less than 1 year
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
- Assist with maintenance and repair of medical equipment
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- 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
- 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
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
More about this job
Responsibilities
Provide personal and comfort care, including bathing, grooming, feeding, and assisting patients with mobility and positioning. Monitor vital signs, respond to patient needs, maintain rooms and supplies, assist with medical equipment and specimens, and transport patients or deliver items between departments.
Requirements
Requires a secondary school graduation certificate and 7 months to less than 1 year of experience. Required credentials include First Aid, CPR, and a Health Care Aide Certificate; a criminal record check is also specified.
Skills
- Patient Care
- Personal Care
- Taking Vital Signs
- Patient Mobility and Positioning
- First Aid
- CPR
- Medical Equipment Maintenance
- Specimen Collection
- Patient Feeding
- Bedside Care
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Organization
- Teamwork
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
Keywords
- Health Care Aide
- Patient Care
- Personal Care
- Patient Comfort
- Vital Signs
- Blood Pressure
- Temperature
- Pulse
- First Aid
- CPR
- Health Care Aide Certificate
- Medical Equipment
- Equipment Sterilization
- Equipment Maintenance
- Specimen Collection
- Patient Mobility
- Patient Transport
- Wheelchair
- Stretcher
- Bedside Care
- Patient Feeding
- Inventory Management
- Criminal Record Check
- Client Focus
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Organization
- Reliability
- Teamwork