Personal Support Worker

**CAREER OPPORTUNITY**

**Personal Support Worker**

**2025-255**

**Choose Collingwood General & Marine Hospital**:
Explore a meaningful career in a place where lifestyle and purpose align. Collingwood General & Marine Hospital (CGMH) is located on the beautiful shores of Georgian Bay and surrounded by the Blue Mountains. With access to skiing, hiking, paddling, and a vibrant arts and culture scene, Collingwood offers a four-season recreational lifestyle and a strong sense of community.

CGMH is an 84-bed acute care hospital serving over 74,000 permanent residents and welcoming 3.5 million annual visitors across Collingwood, Clearview, Wasaga Beach, and the Blue Mountains. Our team of over 1,200 staff, physicians, midwives, and volunteers is dedicated to delivering high-quality care in areas including emergency, surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics, dialysis, diagnostics, and mental health.

At CGMH, we’re not just caring for today, we’re building the healthcare system of tomorrow. Through our bold strategic plan, Tomorrow is Built Today, we are transforming care in South Georgian Bay.

**Our Culture**:
At Collingwood General & Marine Hospital, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to foster a workplace rooted in kindness, collaboration, continuous growth, and accountability. These values guide how we treat each other and how we care for our patients, creating an environment where trust, respect, and excellence thrive.

We are committed to our values:

- Being kind - fostering a culture of compassion, empathy, and dignity in every interaction_
- Supporting each other - working together across all roles to uplift our team and our patients_
- Leading by example - setting a standard of integrity, fairness, and professionalism_
- Continuously growing - embracing curiosity, innovation, and learning to adapt to future needs_

**Why Join CGMH? Benefits That Start on Day One**:
At CGMH, we’re committed to the well-being and success of our team. New hires enjoy an industry-leading compensation package that includes:

- CGMH endorses the Health Care Providers Group Insurance Plan which provides Group Benefits for you and your eligible dependents by enrollment only.
- Includes 4% vacation pay and 14% pay in lieu of benefits
- Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) and access to Perkopolis discounts
- Access to Employee Education Assistance Program

**Qualifications**:

- PSW certification and/or partial completion of post-secondary nursing education
- Previous experience in a high paced, rapidly changing atmosphere
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to deal with the public in a courteous manner
- Ability to function as a team member in a collaborative environment
- Ability to accept direction and work independently
- Satisfactory work performance in present position
- Proven satisfactory attendance record
- Current CPR certification
- Must strive to continuously provide a safe and supportive environment for patients, staff, physicians, and volunteers
- Must adhere to the duties of workers, as stipulated in the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Must have an ability to effectively communicate (written and verbal) in the English language in order to provide excellent communication with team members, patients and families.
- Must have basic computer skills
- Must be dedicated to professional growth & development
- Must be able to perform all bona fide and essential duties of the position, which may include physical demands such as moving/transferring patients, pushing, pulling, bending, etc.
- Must have demonstrated excellent attendance/performance record
- Excellent organization and prioritization skills
- Ability to work independently and effectively communicate with other members of the health care team
- Knowledge of medical terminology an asset
- Ability to communicate in additional language(s) is considered an asset.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Assist patient(s) with activities of daily living such as feeding, lifts and transfers, bathing, skin care, oral hygiene, and toileting
- Perform delegated tasks which have been delegated by an RHP in compliance with the RHPA for which transfer of functional training has been completed, such as insertion of a digit or instrument into a body cavity, care or procedure under the dermis and any task or skill needing a physician’s prescription
- Assist with medication and medication reminders to person(s) in accordance with established employer or government policy
- Must continuously observe person(s) and their environments, and must report and document unsafe conditions and behavioral, physical, and / or cognitive changes to an appropriate supervisor
- Must communicate and demonstrate basic information to person(s) in relation to activities of daily living, light housekeeping, meal planning and preparation, in accordance with pre-established Plan of Care
- Complete and maintain related records and documentation