Health Care Aide – Calgary, AB

Job Title: Health Care Aide – Calgary, AB
Location: Calgary, AB
Shift: Full – time
Wage: 17.46 to 21.04 hourly (To be negotiated) / 15 to 37.5 hours per week
Time: Day, Weekend, Flexible Hours, Early Morning, Morning
Languages

Languages
English

Education
Other trades certificate or diploma

Experience
Experience an asset

On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Asset languages

• Mandarin
• Cantonese

Work setting

• Urban area
• Nursing home/home for the aged

Responsibilities
Tasks

• Supply and empty bed pans
• Take patients’ blood pressure, temperature and pulse
• Serve meal trays and feed patients
• Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
• Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms
• Supervise patients’ exercise routines
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients’ needs
• Collect specimens
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Credentials

• Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate

Additional information

• Security and safety
• Criminal record check
• Immunization records
• Tuberculosis test

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• Night shift premium
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Team building opportunities
• Parking available
• Wellness program

Who can apply to this job?
The employer accepts applications from:

• Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada.
• Other candidates with or without a valid Canadian work permit.

How to apply
Online: Apply On Company WebSite

Source: www.jobbank.gc.ca