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Care Assistant for Older Adults with Mental Health Needs
2 months ago
We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Mental Health Care Assistant to join our team at Fraser Health. As a key member of our interdisciplinary team, you will provide high-quality care and support to older adults with mental health needs.
Key Responsibilities- Provide 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.
- Work 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.
- Facilitate patients' participation in recreational activities; perform patient care tasks as assigned; accompany patients on appointments and activities.
- Provide personal care to patients such as assisting the patient with bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, prosthetics, elimination, and overseeing patient exercise routines.
- Assist patients in making beds, personal laundry, organizing personal belongings and assists them in retrieving personal care supplies from storage area as required.
- Assist patients with meals by serving and collecting meal trays and feeding designated patients.
- Perform procedures such as weighing patients, monitoring patients' nutritional/fluid intake and elimination, and collects specimens, and administers suppositories and enemas as directed.
- Chart/document patient information in accordance with established procedures/practice on the patient care health record, and reports problems and/or changes to nursing staff.
- Observe patients as directed by the Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RN/RPN), or LPN as required, in accordance with the care plan.
- Monitor 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.
- Assist 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.
- Carry 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.
- Escort patients off unit for treatment or diagnostic procedures; transports patients utilizing mechanical aids such as wheelchairs and/or stretchers.
- Carry 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.
- Participate 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.
- Assist care team with routine search of rooms and patient belongings in order to maintain unit safety.
- Assist patients with retrieval/storage and/or relocation of personal effects to different rooms within the unit.
- As part of the interdisciplinary team, participates in team meetings and ward rounds as directed and provides feedback on observations related to patient care provided for designated patients.
- Reports malfunctioning equipment and supply needs to appropriate staff.
- Participates in quality improvement activities as assigned by providing input and feedback on department initiatives.
We require a Grade 12, graduation from a recognized Health Care Assistant Program, completion of recognized recreational courses plus one year's recent, related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
We also require the following skills and abilities:
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to deal with others effectively.
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
- Ability to teach.
- Ability to organize work.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
