Continuing Care Assistant

2 weeks ago

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

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 48 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
**Work setting**:

- Urban area
- Various locations
- Nursing home/home for the aged
**Tasks**:

- Supply and empty bed pans
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Assist with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment
- Answer call signals
- Collect specimens
- Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
**Security and safety**:

- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Adult Abuse Registry check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
**Weight handling**:

- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits

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