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Personal support worker – nursing care

Posted by: Zenith Care
Posting date:12-Jun-2024        Closing date: 09-Dec-2024
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Language: English
Job location: Ajax
Salary: $19.00 - 35.00 Per Hour
Years of Experience: 1 year
Vacancy: 5
Job Type: Full Time
Job id: DISJ1256965

Job description:


Overview

Languages

  • English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

  • 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

  • Work in employer's/client's home

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
  • Perform other duties related to personal care
  • Serve meal trays and feed patients
  • Weigh, lift, turn, and position patients
  • Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
  • Transport patients in wheelchairs or stretcher
  • Shop for food and household supplies
  • Provide personal care
  • Provide companionship
  • Prepare and serve nutritious meals
  • Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
  • Mend clothing and linens
  • Launder clothing and household linens
  • Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
  • Administer bedside and personal care
  • Feed or assist in feeding
  • Administer medications
  • Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
  • Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate
  • Health Care Aide Certificate
  • Personal Support Worker Certificate

Experience and specialization

Work experience with special needs students

  • Assistance with mobility

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance
  • Reference required

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Overtime required

Weight Handling

  • Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgment
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Punctuality

Who can apply to this job?

Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.

If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.