Your Opportunity:
Are you interested in using your specialized skills to support Albertan’s fighting cancer? Do you have a positive attitude and an eagerness to learn? An exciting opportunity exists to showcase and grow your skills by joining our dynamic, inpatient team within the Cross Cancer Institute (CCI) as a Health Care Aide (HCA). This is an amazing opportunity for the HCA to deliver patient care throughout the cancer care continuum. As a HCA, working to your full scope, you will report to Nurse in charge, as well as alternate team members for general direction as it relates to patient assignments and specific duties. This fast-paced acute environment will require you to adapt to workload assignment changes and possess the communication skills and knowledge to promptly report needs and condition changes of the patient as required. You will be responsible to support the general emotional well-being and physical comfort of the patient population you are serving. The successful HCA will be a key member of the team utilizing the Integrated Collaborative Practice model. In joining our progressive team, you will be open to providing and receiving constructive mentorship and to coaching opportunities that strive toward the best in patient focused care. Importantly, your career will be supported by a dedicated leadership team that values and promotes a culture of continuous learning and service improvement. The CCI provides comprehensive cancer services for Edmonton and Northern Alberta with the goal to lead in research and best practice by using innovative technologies and collaboration to optimize patient care. Our passionate medical teams, staff and volunteers strive to deliver compassionate and advanced care, making a daily difference in the lives of patients and families.
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.

• Transition Company: Cancer Care Alberta
• Classification: Health Care Aide
• Union: AUPE AUX
• Unit and Program: Unit 30, Inpatients
• Primary Location: Cross Cancer Institute
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable

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