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Looking for someone who is interested in caring for seniors, in all aspects of care including physical needs activities of daily living, emotional and social needs including some companion hours. The hours are 7- 11 am , 7- 3 pm , 3-11 pm and some 11 pm-7 am night shifts. Must be available for all shifts.
Work can be week days,evenings, nights and weekends. There is also light housekeeping and meal delivery involved. Preference will be given to applicants with experience.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
Additional Skills
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens
Specific Skills
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Answer call signals
Work Setting
- Home for the aged
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)