Interventional/Health Care Assistant

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $ $30.72 / hour
Job Summary

Are you a caring and dedicated Health Care Assistant passionate about providing exceptional care? Royal Columbian Hospital is seeking an Interventional/Health Care Assistant to join our dynamic acute-care team, delivering comfort and compassionate assistance to patients in recovery.

New Westminster

New Westminster is known for its stunning waterfront views along the Fraser River, located on the north side of the Fraser River bordering several municipalities in each direction (Burnaby, Coquitlam, Surrey, and Delta), making it the centre of the Greater Vancouver region. 

You'll support patients with daily activities, collaborate closely with healthcare professionals, and become an integral part of a fast-paced medical team dedicated to excellence.

Grow professionally while making a difference in patients' lives every day

The Royal Columbian Hospital Redevelopment Project is well underway with phase two slated to open in 2025, and phase three in 2026.

Highlights for the three-phase redevelopment project include:

• A new and larger Emergency Department will have more treatment spaces and a satellite medical imaging unit
• More operating rooms and interventional radiology and cardiac suites on a surgical and interventional 'superfloor'
• More beds for intensive care, cardiac intensive care, obstetrical, and medical/ surgical patients
• Larger maternity unit joined to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Advanced technologies and equipment
• 350+ underground parkade, new main entrance, and rooftop heliport

RCH provides a number of highly specialized acute care services such as tertiary trauma, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, interventional cardiology and thoracic surgery that often require the care of multiple medical specialists, multidisciplinary care teams and the use of specialized equipment and technology.

In addition, RCH provides referral services in a variety of medical and surgical specialties such as mental health and substance use, internal medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, nephrology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, gynecology, urology, ophthalmology, plastic surgeries.

Detailed Overview

Reporting to the Manager, Clinical Services (OR), and under the direction of a Registered Nurse, works as a member of an interprofessional care team, and following established care plans and patient centered care, to support nursing / technical staff within the Interventional Platform.   Provides appropriate basic nursing care and support to patients including assisting in preparing patients for procedures, assisting nursing and technical staff by supporting positioning of patients as required; assisting the patient care team with mobilization, lifting and transferring of patients on/off beds, stretchers and wheelchairs utilizing prescribed safe techniques and lifting practices; ensuring overall equipment and supplies for the Interventional Platform are available; assisting with the changeover of the operating rooms, cardiac catheterization laboratory and interventional radiology (IR) suites between procedures.     Transports/escorts patients to/from required areas using stretchers and wheelchairs, ensures general equipment and supplies for operating rooms, cardiac catheterization laboratory and IR suites, are available, cleans the equipment and supply areas; maintains supplies for the platform carts and storage areas. Distributes materials, equipment and linen related to the platform as required.  
Responsibilities

1. Assists the patient care team with mobilization of patients, as directed, by lifting and transferring patients on and off beds, stretchers and wheelchairs following prescribed safe techniques and lifting practices; transporting/escorting patients to and from required areas by either walking or wheeling using mechanical aides such as mobilizers, wheelchairs and stretchers. Provides support to patients by supplying blankets or bedpans, when requested. 
2. Provides assistance to nursing staff, technical staff and/or physician in preparing patients for procedures by such methods as shaving designated areas, holding limbs to support the positioning of patients as directed, moving equipment and accessories, and applying single/double tourniquets as directed. 
3. Picks up, delivers and/or transports a variety of equipment i.e. IV pumps, wheelchairs and stretchers, supplies, and items as assigned. Transports specimens to the laboratory and picks up blood/blood products, drugs, supplies, x-rays, and charts as assigned. 
4. Sets up and positions a variety of equipment/accessories within the operating room suites such as operating tables, traction and suction equipment, anaesthetic carts, video cameras, warming blankets, and tourniquets by methods such as checking the operating slate for scheduled surgeries, identifying written equipment requirements and determining additional accessories needed, obtaining and moving items from equipment bays to designated areas, putting beds together according to surgeon's requirements, and making equipment adjustments when requested.
5. Under direct supervision of the surgeon, assists surgeon with cast removal/application by setting up table, preparing plaster cart with necessary equipment and materials, holding limbs for cast application and/or removal as required.
6. Assists in changing over the operating rooms, cardiac catheterization laboratory, and IR suites between procedures by performing duties such as returning equipment/accessories to appropriate areas, disposing of used supplies such as needles and intravenous bags, and packaging and taking reusable equipment to Medical Device Reprocessing. Restocks equipment as required in preparation for the next case. 
7. Cleans anaesthetic supplies using established procedures, as required. Restocks anaesthetic supplies and equipment for various operating rooms. Delivers the case cart to the applicable operating room as required.
8. Following manufacturer's established procedures and methods, cleans and decontaminates various equipment, and/or instruments (i.e. TEE probe) in preparation for sterilization by MDR, as required. 
9. Checks and monitors equipment and oxygen tanks by checking on/off status of light to ensure the equipment is functioning properly; refers equipment issues to the appropriate personnel, if required. 
10. Prepares dirty instruments for transport; transports contaminated equipment and instruments to and from the operating room, cardiac catheterization laboratory, and IR suites; locates and obtains instruments/supplies as required. 
11. Maintains solution and supply carts, bedside areas, and storage areas by methods such as checking applicable supply sheets to identify items and quantities needed, stocking carts and storage areas with depleting stock, wiping down carts and shelves with disinfectant and tidying up supply cupboards, carts, shelves, or other areas when required. 
12. Maintains a safe and organized work environment by performing routine cleaning of work and storage areas, including cleaning bins, trucks, storage drawers, and decontamination area, replacing supplies/equipment to designated places, sweeping, spot washing and wiping up to ensure space is kept clear of debris. 
13. Monitors inventories by methods such as daily reviewing core supplies to identify depleting stock, notifying appropriate personnel of need to reorder, receiving supplies from Stores, and checking ordered supplies match those received. Replenishes items by unpacking supplies upon receipt and storing in appropriate areas. 
14. Cleans equipment by methods such as removing disposable liner on suction container, and spot-cleaning equipment using disinfectant solution; notifies appropriate personnel of malfunctioning equipment and/or completes maintenance requisition as directed and sends equipment to Maintenance/Bio Medical Engineering for repair. 
15. Carries out responsibilities in accordance with health and safety requirements. Immediately reports unsafe situations by notifying supervisor or other appropriate personnel. 
16. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education, Training, and Experience

Grade 10 plus graduation from a recognized Health Care Assistant Program, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal with others effectively. 
• Ability to operate related equipment. 
• Ability to organize work.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position. 

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka'pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
 
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
 
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health's hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
 
Together, we are the heart of health care.
 
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