Health Care Aide

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years Work setting :

• Home care and visiting care agency

• Nursing home/home for the aged Tasks :

• Supply and empty bed pans

• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse

• Serve meal trays and feed patients

• Weigh, lift, turn and position patients

• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms

• Supervise patients' exercise routines

• Bathe, dress and groom patients

• Assist with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment

• Transport patients between care facilities

• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher

• Answer call signals

• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas

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

• Administer first aid in emergency situations Work conditions and physical capabilities :

• Fast-paced environment

• Work under pressure

• Repetitive tasks

• Physically demanding

• Manual dexterity

• Sound discrimination

• Standing for extended periods

• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

• Bending, crouching, kneeling Personal suitability :

• Client focus

• Dependability

• Efficient interpersonal skills

• Excellent oral communication

• Flexibility

• Organized

• Reliability

• Work Term: Permanent

• Work Language: English

• Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week