continuing care assistant

Laurel's Lake Residence Inc.


Date: 1 day ago
City: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Salary: CA$20 - CA$21 per hour
Contract type: Full time
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 30 to 48 hours per week
  • Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience: 1 to less than 7 months

  • Work setting

  • Urban area
  • 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
  • Supply and empty bed pans
  • 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
  • Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
  • Collect specimens
  • Administer first aid in emergency situations

  • Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate

  • Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance

  • Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • 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
  • Walking

  • Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

  • Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Patience

  • Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Does not require Canadian work experience

  • Support for youths

  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

  • Support for Indigenous people

  • Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers
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