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Harwood Manor is 72 room personal care home. Personal Care Homes are privately owned and operated facilities that offer adult accommodation and meals as well as 24 hour supervision and assistance with personal care
We are currently seeking highly motivated individuals with a positive attitude to work as Personal Care Workers. Must have successfully completed a recognized Personal Care Worker Course (St John's)or Nursing/Care Aide training, 1st Aide and Safe Food Handlers course-DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THESE FULLY COMPLETED QUALIFICATIONS .TLR training will be provided by employer. Shift work , weekend and stat holiday work involved.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate
- Basic cardiac life support (BCLS)
- First Aid Certificate
Additional Skills
- Supply and empty bed pans
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- 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
- Lift, turn or massage patients
- Collect specimens
- 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
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)