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Aberdeen Villa, a privately owned and operated personal care home is looking for CCA to provide personal care to the senior residents and help them in their activities of daily living to achieve optimum level of functioning. CCA are expected to provide homemaking, housekeeping, companionship and assistance to senior residents in order to meet their physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs. CCA are expected to treat the senior residents with respect, kindness, compassion and empathy. Qualifications needed is Continuing Care Aide certificate or its equivalent, First Aide course, Safe Food Handlers Course, and Criminal Record Check by Saskatoon Police Services.Duties and Responsibilities will be part of the Job description in the contract. CCA will be required to wear hospital grade mask at all times while at work, and required personal protective equipment as need arises. CCA will be required to have COVID vaccination as per public health guidelines.
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
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- 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
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Collect specimens
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Answer call signals
Work Setting
- Home for the aged
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Immunization records