Home Care Attendant

**GENERAL** **Description**: - Home Care Attendant**Competition #**: - LDB HC 2618/21C**Posting Date**: - 09/28/2021**Status**: - Active**Type**: - External**DESCRIPTION** **The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority** In partnership with our communities and through our culture of quality customer service, we are dedicated to delivering health services in a timely, reliable and accessible manner. We achieve our success through an engaged and empowered staff. - Our vision, "Connecting people and communities to excellent health services - Today and Tomorrow."**Collaboration | Accessibility | Respect | Excellence | Innovation | Quality Customer Service** **Home Care Attendant** **LDB HC Attend_99** **Closing Date**: **Facility / Site**: - Lac du Bonnet Community Health **Posting Type**: - Casual Relief **Position Type**: - Casual **Hours of Work**: - Days Evenings Weekends **Term Dates**: **FTE**: - 0 **Union Group**: - MGEU Home Care Proctors**Wage / Salary**: - $19.371 - $21.075**Position Summary**:Under the direction of the Home Care Resource Coordinator, the Home Care Attendant functions as a member of a multidisciplinary team. The Home Care Attendant provides personal and supportive care following the care plan, policies and program standards meeting identified needs to enable the clients to remain independent and safe in their homes for as long as possible. In collaboration with other heath team members, the Home Care Attendant promotes integrated holistic health care services that are responsive to the needs of the residents of the Interlake-Eastern region. The position of Home Care Attendant functions in a manner consistent with, and supports the Mission, Vision and Values of the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. **Qualifications**: - Certificate in Health Care Aide Course from an accredited college. - Other combinations of education/experience may be considered at a commensurate classification/salary. - Previous experience working with elderly or infirm is preferred. - Ability to provide safe, effective, personal care in a manner that considers each individual’s need for comfort, privacy, and respect. - Ability to communicate effectively with clients, families, and coworkers; both verbally and in writing. - Strong organizational skills. - Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of a health care team. - Valid driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle for work purposes. - Access to an answering machine and /or call display. - Mental and physical ability to meet the demands of the job. - Satisfactory employment record. **As a condition of employment, all successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check (with vulnerable sector screening), adult abuse and child abuse registry checks prior to commencing employment.** **Direct care workers are required to either be vaccinated for Covid-19 or to participate in on-going regular Covid-19 testing pursuant to Orders made under The Public Health Act C.C.S.M. c.P210. Successful applicants will be notified at the time of offer of the applicability of this requirement for this position.** Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to communicate in more than one language would be considered an asset. Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions. All health care workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with the Interlake-Eastern RHA Policy (GA-13-P-110 Required Immunizations for Health Care Workers). The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority delivers health-care services on First Nation Treaty Territories 1, 2, 3 and 5 and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We respect that First Nations treaties were made on these territories, acknowledge harms and mistakes, and we dedicate ourselves to collaborate in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in the spirit of reconciliation.