personal support worker – nursing care

at  Senior Rescue Home Healthcare

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English or French
• Hours: 37.5 to 45 hours per week
• Education: College/CEGEP
• Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
• or equivalent experience

WORK EXPERIENCE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS

• Assistance with mobility

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Walking

• 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
• 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
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients’ needs
• Collect specimens
• Administer first aid in emergency situations
• Prepare meals
• Housekeeping activities
• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene