Home Support Worker- Community

at  Bayshore HealthCare

Make “being the difference” your Career. .
Bayshore Integrated Care Solutions is looking for passionate and caring Home Support Workers to join our amazing team. You will be creating special moments for clients each and every day. If your calling is to be the “difference” by providing outstanding care, than a Health Care Career with Bayshore is the Perfect Fit for YOU!

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English. Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to stand, bend, squat, kneel and reach freely; able to freely lift 23 kilograms; able to assist clients with standing, walking, sitting and rolling in bed; demonstrated ability to follow written and verbal instructions as related to client care; able to travel locally from assignment to assignment

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:
Must have completed OSSD/Some College
Experience:
At least one year of recent personal care experience in a similar position or life experience in
which similar duties were completed.

STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE:

The Home Support Worker must demonstrate ongoing competency in completing all duties and responsibilities of this job description, as well as agreed upon specific goals and objectives.

• Provide personal care service according to directions on the established care plan or assignment
  sheet, and ensure that, on an ongoing basis, the emotional, spiritual, physical comfort and safety

of clients are met to the greatest possible extent

• Provide personal care that is within the provincial scope of practice for a Personal Support

Worker; duties may include skin care, hair care, mouth care, bathing, bowel and bladder care,
positioning and movement, exercise, basic wound care, feeding including special diets, and

assistance with oxygen administration and medication reminder.

• Perform specialized, client specific procedures for which recognized training and current

competency can be demonstrated.

• Observe and document client conditions according to company standards; report unusual events

or changes in the client’s condition to the immediate Supervisor or to the Office

• Understands and implements infection prevention practices
• Participate in ongoing internal and/or external continuing education activities.
• Adhere to Bayshore Policies and Procedures.
• Participate in quality activities and continuous improvement initiatives in keeping with the

company’s Quality Management System.

• Participates in proactive Health & Safety activities while performing all duties and is

responsible to notify immediate Supervisor of any Health & Safety risks or concerns.

• Maintains confidentiality of client and corporate information and discusses same only with

appropriate Bayshore personnel.

• Complete other tasks as requested

Job Qualification