Overview
Job Details:
- Position: Health Care Aide
- Location: Valleyview, AB T0H 3N0
- On site
- Hourly rate: $23.80 / 30 to 37.5 hours per week
- Permanent employment, Full time
- Evening, Shift, Night, Day, Weekend
- Starts as soon as possible
- Benefits: Health benefits, Financial benefits, Other benefits
- Number of vacancies: 4
Overview:
- Languages – English
- Education – College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year or equivalent experience
- Experience – Experience an asset
- On site – Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely
- Work setting – Rural area; Willing to relocate; Nursing home/home for the aged
Responsibilities:
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- Supply and empty bed pans
- Take patient’s 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
- Transport patients between care facilities
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients’ needs
- Collect specimens
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Credentials:
Certificates, licenses, memberships, and courses
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Additional Information
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Criminal record check
- Immunization records
- Vulnerable sector check
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 9 kg (20 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
Benefits:
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Night shift premium
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Leaning/training paid by employer
- On-site amenities
- On-site housing options
- Team building opportunities
- Travel insurance
- Wellness program
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
- Support for newcomers and refugees
- Support for youths
- Support for Indigenous people
Who can apply to this job?
You can apply if you are:
- A Canadian citizen
- A Permanent resident of Canada
- A temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit
Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.
How to apply
Direct Apply
– By Direct Apply
Additional ways to apply
– By email
careers@asurahealth.com
What you must include in your application – Answer to the following questions:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting?
What might be required by the employer later in the hiring process:
- Proof of the requested certifications
