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health care assistant

Posted on September 09, 2024 by Employer details safe Care Home Support Ltd

Job details

  • LocationCoquitlam, BC
  • Workplace information On the road
  • Salary25.50 to 26.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 35 to 40 hours per week
  • Terms of employment Term or contractFull time
  • Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Early Morning, Morning
  • Start date Starts as soon as possible
  • Benefits: Health benefits, Financial benefits, Long term benefits, Other benefits
  • vacancies 2 vacancies
  • Source Job Bank #3072701

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On the road

Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work site environment

  • Non-smoking

Work setting

  • Various locations
  • Work in employer's/client's home
  • Willing to relocate
  • Persons with an intellectual disability

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
  • Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
  • Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
  • Perform other duties related to personal care
  • Supply and empty bed pans
  • Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
  • 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
  • Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
  • Maintain inventory of supplies
  • Bathe, dress and groom patients
  • Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
  • Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
  • Collect specimens
  • Administer first aid in emergency situations
  • Provide personal care
  • Provide companionship
  • Prepare and serve nutritious meals
  • Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
  • Launder clothing and household linens
  • Administer bedside and personal care
  • Feed or assist in feeding
  • Change non-sterile dressings
  • Administer medications
  • Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
  • Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
  • Cook

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • First Aid Certificate

Experience and specialization

Target audience

  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Young adults
  • Terminally ill
  • Elderly
  • Convalescent
  • Persons with physical disabilities
  • Persons with a disability
  • Females
  • Males
  • Persons with Alzheimer's disease

Additional information

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Patience
  • Punctuality
  • Honesty

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

  • Mileage paid

Long term benefits

  • Long-term care insurance

Other benefits

  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)

Who can apply to this job?

Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.

If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.

Advertised until

2024-10-09

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health care assistant NOC 33102 Lower Mainland–Southwest Region
Median wage Help -
25.00 $/hour

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