health care aide

at  ProArk Healthcare Inc

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Walking

SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
• Provides visual accessibility accommodations (for example: braille, screen readers, etc.)
• Provides auditory accessibility accommodations (for example: transcription software, teletypewriters, etc.)
• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports persons with disabilities
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
• Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• 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
• Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms
• Supervise patients’ exercise routines
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients’ needs
• Administer first aid in emergency situations