continuing care assistant
- Antigonish, NS, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Overview
Languages
English
Education
1 to less than 7 months
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
Security and safety
Health benefits
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for persons with disabilities
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
1 to less than 7 months
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Rural area
- Nursing home/home for the aged
Tasks
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
- Moving Patients Safety Principles (MPSP) training
- Continuing Care Assistant Certification
- CPR Certificate
- Nursing Aide Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Immunization records
- Adult Abuse Registry check
- Own transportation
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
- As per collective agreement
- Group insurance benefits
- Pension plan
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities
- Wellness program
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for persons with disabilities
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
More about this job
Responsibilities
Provide patient care and personal care, including serving meals, feeding patients, and assisting with bathing, dressing, and grooming. Weigh, lift, turn, position, and transport patients, and respond to call signals to determine their needs.
Requirements
Requires a college, CEGEP, or other non-university certificate or diploma from a one- to two-year program, with 1 to less than 7 months of experience. Listed credentials include Basic Cardiac Life Support, Moving Patients Safety Principles training, Continuing Care Assistant Certification, CPR, Nursing Aide Certificate, or Health Care Aide Certificate; background checks and immunization records are also required.
Skills
- Patient Care
- Personal Care
- Feeding Patients
- Lifting and Positioning Patients
- Bathing and Grooming
- Wheelchair and Stretcher Transport
- Responding to Patient Call Signals
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- Patient Moving Safety
- CPR
- Attention to Detail
- Oral Communication
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Judgment
- Teamwork
Benefits
- Dental Plan
- Health Care Plan
- Vision Care Benefits
- Group Insurance Benefits
- Pension Plan
- Free Parking
- Paid Learning and Training
- Paid Time Off
- Team-Building Opportunities
- Wellness Program
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
Keywords
- Continuing Care Assistant
- Patient Care
- Personal Care
- Nursing Home
- Home for the Aged
- Meal Service
- Patient Feeding
- Patient Lifting
- Patient Positioning
- Bathing
- Dressing
- Grooming
- Wheelchair Transport
- Stretcher Transport
- Call Signals
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- CPR
- Nursing Aide Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
- Continuing Care Assistant Certification
- Criminal Record Check
- Child Abuse Registry Check
- Adult Abuse Registry Check
- Immunization Records
- Patient Safety