Continuing Care Assistant

  • New Minas
  • Tara Lynn Cosman

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma

  • Experience: 1 to less than 7 months Work setting :

  • Home care and visiting care agency

  • Rural area Tasks :

  • 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

  • Bathe, dress and groom patients

  • Transport patients between care facilities

  • Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher

  • Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort

  • Administer first aid in emergency situations Security and safety :

  • Criminal record check

  • Immunization records

  • Adult Abuse Registry check Transportation/travel information :

  • Valid driver's licence

  • Own transportation

  • Travel expenses not paid by employer Work conditions and physical capabilities :

  • Work under pressure

  • Repetitive tasks

  • Physically demanding

  • Attention to detail

  • Ability to distinguish between colours

  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking

  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

  • Walking Weight handling :

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs) Screening questions :

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

  • What is the highest level of study you have completed? Other benefits :

  • Learning/training paid by employer

  • Team building opportunities

  • Work Term: Casual

  • Work Language: English

  • Hours: 4 to 40 hours per week