Personal Support Worker

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- We value our Bayshore PSW with:
- Company sponsored Benefits (health and dental) for you and your family for Part-time and

Full-time- Paid orientation and paid training
- Competitive travel compensation
- Efficient work schedules with more care time and less travel
- flexible working hours to

accommodate work life balance- Opportunities to grow in your career
- Company provided Mobile devices for easy documentation and strong communication.
- Easy Access to managers and schedulers who listen and support the important work you do

The Personal Support Worker, under the direction of the immediate Supervisor, provides
- personal care services to clients and assists clients with the activities of daily living as described
- in the care plan, and in accordance with all required internal and external standards of practice.
- DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide personal care service according to directions on the established care plan or assignment

sheet, and ensure that, on an ongoing basis, the emotional, spiritual, physical comfort and safety
- of clients are met to the greatest possible extent- Provide personal care that is within the provincial scope of practice for a Personal Support

Worker; duties may include skin care, hair care, mouth care, bathing, bowel and bladder care,
- positioning and movement, exercise, basic wound care, feeding including special diets, and
- assistance with oxygen administration and medication reminder.- Perform specialized, client specific procedures for which recognized training and current

competency can be demonstrated.- Observe and document client conditions according to company standards; report unusual events

or changes in the client’s condition to the immediate Supervisor or to the Office- Understands and implements infection prevention practices
- Participate in ongoing internal and/or external continuing education activities.
- Adhere to Bayshore Policies and Procedures.
- Participate in quality activities and continuous improvement initiatives in keeping with the

company's Quality Management System.- Participates in proactive Health & Safety activities while performing all duties and is

responsible to notify immediate Supervisor of any Health & Safety risks or concerns.- Maintains confidentiality of client and corporate information and discusses same only with

appropriate Bayshore personnel.- Complete other tasks as requested.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in either English or French. Exceptional
- interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to stand, bend,
- squat, kneel and reach freely; able to freely lift 23 kilograms; able to assist clients with standing,
- walking, sitting and rolling in bed; demonstrated ability to follow written and verbal instructions
- as related to client care; able to travel locally from assignment to assignment
- KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
**Education**:

- Graduation from an accredited Personal Support Worker Program. The Personal Support Worker
- must, within their scope of practice, have a solid knowledge of the principles, practices and
- methods of community nursing and the delivery of personal care service to clients.
- **Experience**:

- At least one year of recent personal care experience in a similar position or life experience in
- which similar duties were completed.
- REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

- The Personal Support Worker reports to the Clinical Manager, as appropriate
- STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE:

- The Personal Support Worker must demonstrate ongoing competency in completing all duties and
- responsibilities of this job description, as well as agreed upon specific goals and objectives.
- PERFORMANCE REVIEW:

- Performance will be reviewed on an ongoing basis with a formal review at the end of the three month
- probationary period and subsequently, on at least an annual basis. Input will be sought from employees
- and consultants at the branch and National Development Centre as applicableJob Qualification
-:

- We value our Bayshore PSW with:
- Company sponsored Benefits (health and dental) for you and your family for Part-time and

Full-time- Paid orientation and paid training
- Competitive travel compensation
- Efficient work schedules with more care time and less travel
- flexible working hours to

accommodate work life balance- Opportunities to grow in your career
- Company provided Mobile devices for easy documentation and strong communication.
- Easy Access to managers and schedulers who listen and support the important work you do

The Personal Support Worker, under the direction of the immediate Supervisor, provides
- personal care services to clients and assists clients with the activities of daily living as described
- in the care plan, and in accordance with all required internal and external standards of practice.
- DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide personal care service according to directions on the establish