Personal Care Aide Medication Certified

**The Village of Riverside Glen **located in **Guelph, Ontario** has an exciting opportunity for a Medication Certified Personal Care Aide to join their team.

**You can be you while being a part of our family.**

At Schlegel Villages we are redefining elder care through innovation, Village design and culture change, but we know the key to our Village success, and our residents’ satisfaction, is YOU and our teams.

We aspire to provide all members of our communities, including team members, with a life enriching experience. We are family owned and operated and we take our mission seriously: “to provide holistic health care in a home environment, located within an internal neighbourhood design that promotes a caring community with emphasis on optimal health and life purpose for each resident”.

We’d love to talk to you about what makes us different.

**As a new Medication Certified Personal Care Aide (Med Cert PCA) joining our Village, you will**:
Support and embrace our resident-centred social culture and be proud to deliver the highest quality of personal care to our residents. You will work as key members of our Village and neighbourhood multidisciplinary teams to understand residents’ individual needs, and advocate for residents to actively participate in decisions about their care.

Medication Certified Personal Care Aides (Med Cert PCA) at Schlegel Villages foster exemplary relationships with residents, their families and the Village team to deliver holistic care to our residents and medication administration to medically stable residents that focusses on flexible living and quality of life.

In addition to supporting residents with personal hygiene care, basic nursing care, companionship and activities, our Medication Certified Personal Care Aides (Med Cert PCA) administer medications, record temperature, pulse and respiration (TPR) and skin care treatments under the direction of our Registered Team.

Our Medication Certified Personal Care Aides (Med Cert PCA) know our residents and are quickly able to identify and report any changes in the resident’s well-being to the Registered Practical Nurse or Charge Nurse.

**To be successful as our new Medication Certified Personal Care Aide (Med Cert PCA), you will**:

- Hold a valid PSW Certificate that is 600 hours or greater and meets the vocational standards established by the Ministry of Training, Colleges & Universities, the standards established by the National Association of Career Colleges, or the standards established by the Ontario Community Support Association
- Have successfully completed a Medication Administration certificate or course
- Be excited by our objectives, our Village philosophy and the family values that shape all aspects of life in a Schlegel Village
- Display a caring and respectful attitude toward our residents, families, and team members
- Understand the physical, mental, and emotional demands of the PSW role

**How Schlegel Villages supports our Team Members**:

- Ongoing training and personal growth opportunities
- Benefits and access to our Employee Family Assistance Program
- Vacation
- Discounts at Village Services
- Team appreciation events
- Access to The Wilfred Schlegel Hope Fund
- Retirement Savings

Schlegel Villages is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader.

**Licenses & Certifications**: Preferred
- Personal Supp Worker Cert