Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Supply and empty bedpans
- 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
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients between care facilities
- Transport patients in wheelchairs or stretchers
- Answer call signals
- Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Mental Health First Aid Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Nursing Aide Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Additional information
Security and safety
- Basic security clearance
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Weight Handling
- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player