Continuing Care Assistant

4 days ago

Halifax, Canada Laurel's Lake Residence Inc. Full time

Laurel’s Lake Residence Inc. is seeking 4 Continuing Care Assistants (CCA) specialized in providing care in a private home setting located in Nova Scotia: Halifax Regional Municipality
Position: Permanent, full time and overtime as needed

**Salary**: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour for minimum of 30 hours per week
Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Education: Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent an asset
Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year related experience
Language: Speak, Read, Write - English
Responsibilities and essential job functions:
Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

- The job demands are to provide care for elderly clients as required ensuring the comfort and safety of clients are met to the greatest possible extent; care must be within the scope of practice of a Continuing Care Assistant.
- Care requirements: assisting or providing complete personal care, assisting/providing with the activities of daily living, supporting physical and emotional wellbeing, meal preparation, assistance with feeding, light housekeeping and laundering of clients’ personal clothes and linens.
- Observe client conditions and report unusual events or changes in condition.
- Understand and implements infection prevention practices.
- Maintain client records and documentation as required.
- The CCA must also effectively communicate and engage clients in a variety of activities within their environment.
- Maintain confidentiality of client and corporate information and discuss same only with appropriate Laurel’s Lake Residence Inc. personnel.
- Clients at times require escort to appointments and hospital thus staff must be flexible with reassignment to same.
- Job requires strong physical fitness and individuals must be able to lift up to fifty pounds.

Summary of Qualifications:

- Previous related work experience in a similar position or life experience in which similar duties were completed.
- First Aid Certificate, CPR Certificate
- CCA Certification an asset
- Criminal Record Check, vulnerable sector check.
- Strong communication, interpersonal and problem solving abilities
- Highly responsible & reliable
- Ability to work under pressure with a combination of sitting, standing, walking; bending, crouching, and kneeling
- Ability to work cohesively as part of a team
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
- Ability to focus attention on clients’ needs, remaining calm and courteous at all times
- Ability to work daytime, evenings,nights, weekends, and holidays as required

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $16.00-$18.00 per hour

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

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