nurse aide

  • Maple Ridge
  • Caring Touch Health Care Services Inc.

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years 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 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 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 to determine patients' needs Collect specimens 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 Term: Permanent Work Language: English Hours: 37.5 hours per week