Personal Support Worker

7 months ago


ChathamKent, Canada Chatham-Kent Full time

**Job description**

**Essential responsibilities**
- Demonstrate Chatham-Kent’s core values and competencies
- Assist with all activities of daily living including skin care, oral care, hair care, bathing, toileting, dressing, mobility, feeding and recreational activities
- Ensure the comfort, safety and well-being of residents
- Observe and report on residents' health and living conditions
- Recognize and report changes in a resident's behaviour/condition
- Maintain a safe, clean and orderly environment for residents
- Respect resident confidentiality
- Sort and bag all soiled linen, make and change beds, clean and tidy resident rooms
- Support resident's independence regarding medications
- Provide informal counseling, as needed
- Follow all guidelines as legislated under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Play an integral role in planning and implementing the care of residents under their care
- Protect own health and health of others by adopting safe work practices, reporting unsafe conditions immediately, and attending all relevant in-services regarding occupational health and safety

**Essential qualifications**
- Possess a secondary school graduation diploma or equivalent education (i.e. GED certificate) required
- Previous experience working as a Personal Support Worker (PSW) (or Primary Caregiver) an asset
- Experience with Point of Care documentation and PointClickCare (PCC) an asset
- Experience with geriatric population in long term care setting

**Other qualifications**

The following are preferred:

- Current knowledge of and training in mechanical lifts, transferring and positioning techniques for residents
- Proficient in transfers (bed, wheelchair, etc.), bathing, feeding and other personal care duties
- Experience with restorative care
- Experience participating in a workplace committee
- Training in appropriate use of restraints and current best practices in least restraint policy
- Possess computer skills

**Certifications, memberships, licenses**
- Personal Support Worker Certificate required

**Work environment/hours of work**
- This position works indoors
- This position is expected to work 22.5 hours per week including every other weekend
- This position works weekdays and weekends for day, afternoon and midnight shifts as part of our 24-hour operation.

**COVID-19 Vaccination**

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent no longer requires a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment. Although it is not mandatory to be vaccinated, it is highly encouraged.

**Background check requirements**

This position works with vulnerable residents in a position of trust and authority, on a sustained and regular basis, in a largely unsupervised capacity. A Vulnerable Sector Screen is required (Fixing Long-Term Care Act section 252 O. Reg. 246/22) prior to being accepted for employment. You must be 18 years of age or older to obtain a vulnerable police check.

All staff members shall promptly provide the employer with a signed declaration disclosing new charges, convictions, orders and restraining orders, consistent with Ontario Regulation section 253 O. Reg 246/22 made under the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, with respect to the period since the date the person’s last criminal reference check under subsection (2) was conducted.

**Essential physical and/or safety requirements**
- Annual Flu immunization is required
- 2 step TB skin test to be completed within two weeks of starting position
- The employer may request a “Physical Task Analysis”
- Walking: frequent balancing; constant walking on level surface (up to 28.6 kgs or 63 lbs) (porters residents back and forth to dining room at meal times and to resident activities; obtains and distributes supplies used on the nursing units; participates in indoor/outdoor resident activities)
- Standing: constant standing inside (up to 4.55 kgs or 10 lbs) (assists residents with hygiene, grooming, toileting and dressing; participates in indoor/outdoor resident activities)

**Benefits**

As per the UNIFOR (RVG) (2019-2021) collective agreement, this permanent part-time position would receive 15% in lieu of benefits and 4% vacation pay.
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The Municipality of Chatham-Kent is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fair and accessible employment practices that attract and retain talented employees in a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and reflective of the diverse community we serve.



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