Health Care Aide - Jobs and employment opportunities in Canada - jobs-ca.com

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting
- Home care and visiting care agency
- Hospital or home for the aged
- Nursing home/home for the aged

Tasks
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Administer first aid in emergency situations

Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Requirements
Languages: English

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Nursing Aide Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate

Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Vulnerable sector check
- Tuberculosis test
- Adult Abuse Registry check

Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking

Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience

Who can apply
- Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada
- other candidates, with or without a valid Canadian work permit