Health Care Aide

**Job Title: Health Care Aide (Casual)**

**Location**: Abby Road Support Services

**About Us**: Abby Road is a supportive housing cooperative dedicated to providing quality services to our members, empowering them to lead independent, healthy, and autonomous lives. Our cooperative is home to twenty-six (26) members with physical disabilities living in forty-nine (49) units, and we pride ourselves on fostering a caring and supportive environment. We are currently looking for experienced, professional, friendly, and conscientious Health Care Aides to join our Support Services team.

Experience working with people who are quadriplegic is highly recommended.

**Job Summary**: As a Health Care Aide at Abby Road, you will play a crucial role in assisting our members with their daily living needs while ensuring they receive the best care possible. You will work collaboratively with a dedicated team, focusing on building relationships and providing personalized support to facilitate our members' independence and well-being.

**Primary Duties**: Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- **Personal Care Assistance**:

- Assist members with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, bowel routines (suppositories, enemas, digital stimulation), urinary care (foley care, catheter care for both male and female), wound care, medication administration, and other personal care tasks as required.
- **Mobility Support**:

- Provide mobility assistance, including lifts/transfers (mechanical lift, ceiling lift, one person/manual lift), positioning, turning, and range of motion exercises.
- **Home Making**:

- Follow members' instructions for meal preparation while adhering to best care practices for safe food handling and storage.
- Maintain cleanliness and orderliness of the member's residence, which may involve vacuuming, dusting, washing floors, changing bed linens, laundry, ironing, and garbage removal.
- **Pet Care (at members’ direction)**:

- Care for pets when instructed, including feeding, providing fresh water, cleaning litter boxes, light grooming, and letting pets out on balconies.

**Required Qualifications**:

- Certification as a Health Care Aide through the Alberta Government approved Health Care Aide program or equivalency as specified by the Alberta Government. Must have an HCA directory number or be in the process of getting onto the directory.
- Basic First Aid Certificate and CPR Certification are mandatory.
- Must be able to be bonded by a certified bonding company.
- A mature attitude, good health, and physical condition are essential (ability to lift 50lbs).

**Key Competencies**:

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Empathy and genuine interest in helping others.
- Ability to work well as part of a team.
- Flexibility and adaptability to meet the changing needs of members.

**Work Schedule**: This is for a casual position. Hours can includes, daytime, evening, overnight, weekdays and weekends.

Morning shifts are between 0600-0300

Afternoon/Evenings are between 1500-2400

Overnights are between 2300-0800

Overnight and weekend shifts qualify for a shift differential as well as last minute emergency shifts.

If you are a caring individual with a desire to make a difference in the lives of others, we would love to hear from you. Join our team at Abby Road and help us provide excellence-driven supports for our members

**Application Instructions**: Please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your experience and interest in this position. We look forward to welcoming new members to our team

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent, Casual

Pay: From $22.56 per hour

Additional pay:

- Overtime pay

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule
- On-site parking
- Paid time off

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Edmonton, AB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you have experience working with people who are Quadriplegic?

Licence/Certification:

- HCA certification (required)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 2025-05-01