Medical Orderly

Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work setting**:

- Nursing home/home for the aged
**Tasks**:

- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Moving Patients Safety Principles (MPSP) training
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
**Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Own vehicle
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: French
- Hours: 20 to 35 hours per week