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personal support worker – nursing care
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Overview
Languages
English or French
Education
• College/CEGEP
• or equivalent experience
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
• Remote location
• Rural area
• Urban area
• Various locations
• Willing to relocate
• Nursing home/home for the aged
Responsibilities
Tasks
• 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
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Collect specimens
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
• Moving Patients Safety Principles (MPSP) training
• Continuing Care Assistant Certification
• First Aid Certificate
• Nursing Aide Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate
Additional information
Security and safety
• Criminal record check
• Vulnerable sector check
• Tuberculosis test
Transportation/travel information
• Travel expenses not paid by employer
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
Weight handling
• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
Benefits
Health benefits
• Dental plan
Financial benefits
• As per collective agreement
Long term benefits
• Long-term care insurance
• Maternity and parental benefits
• Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)
Other benefits
• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• On-site amenities