Job description

Job Title: Health care aide

Employer: 1222424 B.C. LTD. DBA Island View Place Care

Location: 7013 E Saanich Road Saanichton, BCV8M 1Y3

Salary:  28.00 to 30.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 35 to 40 hours per week

Vacancies: 1

Employment groups: Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada, Youth, Visible minorities

Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full time

Start: As soon as possible

Employment conditions Early morning, Evening, Shift, Morning, Night, On call, Day, Weekend

Job requirements: 

Languages: English

Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

Experience: 1 to less than 2 years of relevant experience is required

Specific Skills: 

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
• Assist with maintenance and repair 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 between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Collect specimens

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

How to apply

Email: resumes@northernlifeconsulting.com