Your Opportunity:
The Royal Alexandra Hospital Surgery Relief Team at the Royal Alexandra Hospital provides relief (float) staff to 9 Surgery units. The Surgery Program serves the Orthopedic, Plastic, Thoracic, Neurosurgery, Trauma, General, and Bariatric Surgery, Urology, Oral Maxillofacial patient groups, and includes 12 Surgical Observation beds. This Health Care Aide - Surgery Float Pool will work in Unit 22 with high volume day surgery Ophthalmology patients, plus an inpatient group consisting of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, and General Surgery patients. The Surgery program is a dynamic and fast paced adult acute care program dedicated to best practice in providing patient and family centered care. Care is delivered by an interdisciplinary collaborative care team in accordance with AHS Values, hospital policies and nursing care standards. The Health Care Aide provides patient care services as an unregulated worker under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Health Care Aides within the Surgery program participate in the delivery of quality patient care by providing services necessary for the physical and emotional well-being and comfort of the patient. Your duties will include, but are not limited to, assisting in the delivery of quality patient care to meet patient’s hygiene, nutrition, mobility, recreation and safety needs by obtaining and documenting height and weight, assisting with ADLs, lifting, transferring, and mobilizing patients, transporting patients, equipment and specimens to other areas of the hospital, as well as maintaining the inventory of supplies. Physical demands of the job involve periods of physical activity such as standing, bending, twisting, walking, and lifting weights up to 25 kg.
Description:

As a Health Care Aide (HCA), you will work as a collaborative member of the multi-disciplinary team providing personal assistance including supporting activities of daily living and support services to patients (clients, residents) who require short-term assistance or ongoing support, in accordance with the patient care plan and facility policies and procedures. In this position you will work closely with patients, families, and caregivers spanning the continuum of care in home, community or health care facilities assisting nurses with the provision of routine care to meet patients’ hygiene, nutrition, mobility, recreation and safety needs, assisting with organized activities or programs and observing and reporting on a patient’s mood, health, and wellbeing. Working under a regulated health professional you will be assisting in the maintenance of a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors, and maintaining effective communication with patients and health professionals.

• Classification: Health Care Aide
• Union: AUPE AUX
• Unit and Program: S1- RA Surg Floats
• Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable

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