Part-Time Health care aide (Young Adult Group Home)
Job Description
Languages
English
Education
Completion of college/CEGEP/vocational or technical training
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Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
Basic cardiac life support (BCLS); First Aid Certificate
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Experience
No experience
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Work Setting
Nursing or convalescent home
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Specific Skills
Take patients’ blood pressure, temperature and pulse; Lift, turn or massage patients; Supervise patients’ exercise routines; Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas; Bathe, dress and groom patients; Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher; Answer call signals; Collect specimens
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Additional Skills
Supply and empty bed pans; Serve meal trays and feed patients; Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens; Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms; Maintain inventory of supplies
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Security and Safety
Enhanced reliability security clearance; Immunization records
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Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
Fast-paced environment; Work under pressure; Repetitive tasks; Physically demanding; Manual dexterity; Attention to detail; Sound discrimination; Standing for extended periods; Combination of sitting, standing, walking; Bending, crouching, kneeling; Walking
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Transportation/Travel Information
Own transportation
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Essential Skills
Reading text; Document use; Writing; Communication; Working with others; Problem solving; Decision making; Critical thinking; Job task planning and organizing; Significant use of memory; Finding information; Computer use; Continuous learning
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Other Information
Must be certified under new AB regulations. This is a home for young physically disabled adults. Must be available for all shifts. will have permanent shifts and must be available for relief shifts.