Fit Tester

**GENERAL**

**Description**:

- Fit Tester**Competition #**:

- SEL CO 2169/24**Posting Date**:

- 11/05/2024**Status**:

- Active**Type**:

- External**DESCRIPTION**

**The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority**
Our Vision
We will be recognized as a trusted health-care partner, providing sustainable, accessible, integrated, evidence-based care to improve health status and outcomes in all of our communities and achieve health equity across the region.
Our Mission
We work in partnership with all stakeholders, contributing to the health and well-being of our communities, by providing timely access to reliable care in a culturally safe manner that respects diversity.
Our Values
Always with compassion, Success in collaboration, Accountability in everything we do, Acting with integrity, Respectful of each other

**Collaboration | Accessibility | Respect | Excellence | Innovation | Quality Customer Service**

**Fit Tester**
**Fit Tester_01s**

**Closing Date**:

- 11/12/2024

**Facility / Site**:

- Selkirk Corporate Office

**Posting Type**:

- Permanent

**Position Type**:

- Part-Time

**Hours of Work**:

- Days

**Term Dates**:
**FTE**:

- 0.5

**Union Group**:

- MGEU Community Support**Wage / Salary**:

- As per applicable collective agreement**Position Summary**:Under the direct supervision of the Workplace Safety and Health Officer, the incumbent is to fit N95 and P100 respirators to staff who are at risk to exposure to known airborne or unknown pathogens and/or hazardous materials. Some instruction about the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority (Interlake-Eastern RHA) Respiratory Protection Program is also included. The position of Fit Tester functions in a manner consistent with, and supports the Mission, Vision, Values of the Interlake Eastern Regional Health Authority.

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum Grade 12 education.
- Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook etc.)
- Experience using Quadrant Human Resources (QHR) preferred.
- Knowledge and understanding of the terminology and core competencies of infection prevention and control in particular respiratory protection.
- Previous Fit Testing experience preferred.
- Experience in a Health Care Setting preferred.
- Ability to work both independently or as a team member and seek assistance as necessary.
- Ability to problem solve and to identify appropriate resources for assistance.
- Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks required.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
- General skills and ability to perform all tasks and responsibilities relevant to the duties of the position.
- Ability to recognize and pursue self-development opportunities.
- Effective verbal and written communications skills.
- Ability to respond to a variety of simultaneous demands.
- Valid Manitoba driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle for work purposes.
- Mental and physical ability to meet the demands of the position.
- Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to communicate in more than one language would be considered an asset.
- Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.
- Completes and maintains a satisfactory pre-employment security check.
- Satisfactory employment record.

**As a condition of employment, all successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check (with vulnerable sector screening), adult abuse and child abuse registry checks prior to commencing employment.**

Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to communicate in more than one language would be considered an asset. Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.

All health care workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with the Interlake-Eastern RHA Policy (GA-13-P-110 Required Immunizations for Health Care Workers).

The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority delivers health-care services on First Nation Treaty Territories 1, 2, 3 and 5 and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We respect that First Nations treaties were made on these territories, acknowledge harms and mistakes, and we dedicate ourselves to collaborate in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in the spirit of reconciliation.