Part-Time Health care aide (Personal Support Worker)
Job Description
Languages
English
Education
Completion of college/CEGEP/vocational or technical training
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Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
Not required
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Experience
1 to less than 7 months
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Work Setting
Home for the aged; Nursing or convalescent home
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Specific Skills
Lift, turn or massage patients; Supervise patients’ exercise routines; Bathe, dress and groom patients; Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
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Additional Skills
Supply and empty bed pans; Serve meal trays and feed patients; Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms
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Security and Safety
Criminal record check; Tuberculosis test
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Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
Fast-paced environment; Physically demanding; Manual dexterity; Combination of sitting, standing, walking; Bending, crouching, kneeling
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Essential Skills
Reading text; Document use; Numeracy; Writing; Communication; Working with others; Problem solving; Decision making; Critical thinking; Job task planning and organizing; Significant use of memory; Continuous learning
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