Health Care Assistant, Acute/residential-fraser

Salary range: The salary range for this position is CAD $29.83 - $29.83 / hour Why Fraser Health?:
A unique rural opportunity for you just a short two-hour drive east of Vancouver’s city centre. Hope is an outdoor paradise with a variety of recreational opportunities and a vibrant culture all surrounded by majestic mountains and breathtaking views. To learn more about Hope and all it has to offer click here.

Are you someone who has a real passion for serving others? Are you a registered Health Care Assistant looking to showcase your knowledge, skills, and abilities in a new and dynamic environment? If you've answered yes to these questions, then we want you to keep reading.

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 nearly 48,000 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.
- Effective October 26th, 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.

We are currently looking for a **Part Time Health Care Assistant** at** Fraser Hope Lodge **located in **Hope, B.C**. You will work in cooperation with the experience interprofessional care team, and follow established care plans and person-centered care.

**Take this opportunity to**:

- Observe and report patient progress, assist patients with meals and transport patients as required.
- Provide personal care to patients under the direction of a professional nurse, Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse and Nurse Practitioner.
- Perform a variety of related general duties such as answering the phone, maintaining storage areas, ordering supplies through stores, transporting specimens, maintaining and locating inventory of equipment, and maintaining tidy patient rooms and patient care areas.

**To join our team, you will have**:

- Completion of grade 10 and graduated from a recognized Health Care Assistant program
- Food Safe Level 1 Certificate

Come work with us

Detailed Overview:
In accordance with the Mission and Values of Fraser Health, the Health Care Assistant, Acute/Residential works under the direction of a professional nurse (Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Nurse Practitioner (NP)), in cooperation with the interprofessional care team, and following established care plans and person-centered care.

Provides personal care to patients/residents/clients on assigned hospital units and within Fraser Hope Lodge. Duties include assisting with toileting, bathing, skin and hair care, oral hygiene, grooming, dressing, changing beds, patient positioning and mobilization. Observes and reports patient progress, assists patients with meals, transports patients, and performs related general duties. Participates in the organization and implementation of established leisure activities as outlined in the care plan; encourages resident/client participation, within the resident's/client's abilities and informs residents/clients, families and volunteers of daily plans.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provides personal care to patients/residents/clients such as assisting with toileting, bathing, skin and hair care, oral hygiene, grooming, dressing, changing beds, patient positioning and mobilization.
- Observes and reports patient/resident/client progress including anticipated/unanticipated patient/resident/client responses to care, patient/resident/client discomfort and/or pain, skin breakdowns, and unusual incidents and/or accidents to the designated RN/RPN/LPN/NP.
- As directed by the RN/RPN/LPN/NP, takes temperature, pulse, respiration, and weight and obtains non-sterile specimens such as urine and stool.
- Utilizes mechanical aids such as lifts, wheelchairs and stretchers in order to transfer and position patients/residents/clients in comfortable and therapeutic body positions.
- Porters patients/residents/clients both within units and between units, including moving any furniture, clothing etc. associated with the move.
- Assists in the admission, discharge and transfer of patients/residents/clients including the transfer/care of clothing and personal belongings.
- Participates in the organization and implementation of established leisure activities as outlined in the care plan; encourages resident/client participation, within the resident''s/client's abilities and informs residents/clients, families and volunteers of daily plans.
- Demonstrates actio