Mental Health Care Assistant, Tertiary Older Adult

6 months ago

White Rock, Canada Fraser Health Full time

Why Fraser Health?:
Fraser Health continues to be recognized as one of BC's Top Employers, are you someone who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of others?

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations. Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

We have an exciting Casual opportunity for a
**Mental Health Care Assistant, Tertiary Older Adult** to join our team
**.**

Effective October 26th, 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

Come work with dedicated health care providers who are enthusiastic and committed to provide quality healthcare to our clients/patients/residents. We invite you to find out why more than 95% of new employees recommend Fraser Health as an excellent place to work. Work hard and have fun while you do it.

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Detailed Overview: Provides personal care and observation of patients with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) / serious mental illness, as directed by the Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RN/RPN), or LPN as required, using a person-centered approach. Works as a member of the interdisciplinary team to assist with activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, meals, laundry and organization; reports observations of patients' conditions to designated nursing staff; facilitates patients' participation in recreational activities; performs patient care tasks as assigned; accompanies patients on appointments and activities. Responsibilities:

- Provides personal care to patients such as assisting the patient with bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, prosthetics, elimination, and overseeing patient exercise routines.
- Assists patients in making beds, personal laundry, organizing personal belongings and assists them in retrieving personal care supplies from storage area as required.
- Assists patients with meals by serving and collecting meal trays and feeding designated patients.
- Performs procedures such as weighing patients, monitoring patients' nutritional/fluid intake and elimination, and collects specimens, and administers suppositories and enemas as directed.
- Charts/documents patient information in accordance with established procedures/practice on the patient care health record, and reports problems and/or changes to nursing staff. Observes patients as directed by the Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RN/RPN), or LPN as required, in accordance with the care plan.
- Monitors patient safety and responds to escalating behaviour through actions such as verbal de-escalation and use of other violence prevention strategies, in accordance with the care plan; advises nursing staff and/or seeks assistance from other members of the care team as appropriate.
- Assists nursing staff with care of patients in seclusion rooms as directed by the RN/RPN including assisting with activities of daily living, delivering food, and use of restraints.
- Carries out patient activity programs such as arts and crafts, sports, music, woodworking, cooking, gardening and exercises as directed; sets up and organizes furnishings and equipment for activity projects, teaches the techniques of related activities to patients/residents, oversees the patients/residents activities and reports problems and/or changes to supervisor.
- Escorts patients off unit for treatment or diagnostic procedures; transports patients utilizing mechanical aids such as wheelchairs and/or stretchers.
- Carries out patient activity programs outside the facility; checks that patient/resident has appropriate clothing and necessary equipment for the activity, confirms details of proposed activity with nursing/medical staff, co-ordinates the movement of patients/residents during the activity and teaches the techniques of related activities.
- Participates in orientating patients, families, staff, volunteers, and students to the unit by familiarizing them with the layout of the unit, patient rooms and unit routines.
- Assists care team with routine search of rooms and patient belongings in order to maintain unit safety.
- Assists patients with retrieval/storage and/or relocation of personal effects to different rooms within the unit.
- As part of the interdisciplinary tea

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