Inverary Manor
Inverness, NS
Job Details:
Benefits:
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years Work setting
- Nursing home/home for the aged Tasks
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- 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
- 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
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Continuing Care Assistant Certification Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Immunization records
- Vulnerable sector check Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Travel expenses not paid by employer Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting? Employment terms options
- Shift Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement
- Pension plan Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Travel insurance