Job Title or Location

Patient care aide

Golden Home Caregivers Corporation

Calgary, AB

Job Details:

$24.00 / hour
Full-time
Experienced

Overview
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 35 hours per week
  • Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
  • Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
  • or equivalent experience
  • Work setting
  • Home care and visiting care agency
  • Work in employer's/client's home
  • Tasks
  • Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
  • 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
  • Supervise patients' exercise routines
  • 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
  • Administer first aid in emergency situations
  • Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Walking
  • Weight handling
  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
  • Personal suitability
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Patience
  • Screening questions
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?
  • Employment terms options
  • Evening
  • Shift
  • Morning
  • On call
  • Day
  • Weekend