Job description
Salary: $21.73 to 23.72 hourly (To be negotiated)/60 to 75 hours per bi-weekly
Vacancies: 6
Employment: Permanent employment, Full-time - 30 to 35 hours per Week
Start Date: As soon as possible
Location: Charlottetown,PE
Job Requirements
Languages: English
Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months toless than 1 year
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: Nursing home/home for the aged
Responsibilities
Tasks
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
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
Bathe, dress and groom patients
Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
Collect specimens
Administer first aid in emergency situations
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
First Aid Certificate
CPR Certificate
Additional information
Security and safety
Criminal record check
Immunization records
Vulnerable sector check
Tuberculosis test
Benefits
Health benefits
Dental plan
Health care plan
Financial benefits
As per collective agreement
Other benefits
Free parking available
The main responsibilities of Resident Care Aide - Medical as per below:
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates assist nurses, hospital staff and physicians in the basic care of patients. They are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted care facilities for the elderly and other health care establishments. Emergency medical care attendant are employed by private ambulance services, urgent care centers or other health facilities.
- Answer call signals; supply and empty bed pans; bathe, dress and groom patients; serve meal trays, feed or assist in feeding of patients and assist patients with menu selection; weigh, lift, turn, and position patients; shave patients prior to operations; supervise patients' exercise routines, set up and provide leisure activities for patients, accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse; report or record fluid intake and output; observe or monitor patients' status and document patient care on charts; collect specimens such as urine, faeces or sputum; administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas and perform other procedures as directed by nursing and hospital staff
- Administer, in emergency situations, first aid to injured or ill individuals within the scope of competencies
- Transport patients by wheelchair or stretcher for treatment or surgery
- Carry messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- May perform maintenance tasks such as assisting 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
- May transport patients between care facilities.
