Continuing care assistant
- St. Peter's, NS, B0E 3B0, Canada
On-site
From $20.22 CAD / hour · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- From $20.22 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Full-time
- Workplace
- On-site
- Apply by
- Working hours
- 30 to 42 hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Location St. Peter's, NSB0E 3B0
- Work location On site
- Salary$20.22HOUR hourly / 30 to 42 hours per week
- Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
- Early morning, Morning, Day, Evening, Weekend, , 07:00 to 19:00
- Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 5 vacancies
- Source Job Bank #3637366
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
Experience
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
- 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
- Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Transport patients between care facilities
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility