Personal Support Aide – Medical Job

Location: 295 Grand River St. North Paris, ON, N3L 2N9

Terms of employment: Permanent employment Full time

Start date: Starts as soon as possible.

Benefits: Financial benefits, long term benefits

Vacancies: 02

Responsibilities
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
Bathe, dress and groom patients
Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
Collect specimens
Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
Administer first aid in emergency situations
Provide personal care
Provide companionship
Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
Launder clothing and household linens
Administer bedside and personal care
Feed or assist in feeding
Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
Security and safety

Criminal record check
Reference required
Work conditions and physical capabilities

Fast-paced environment
Work under pressure
Repetitive tasks
Physically demanding
Attention to detail
Standing for extended periods
Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Bending, crouching, kneeling
Weight handling

Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
Personal suitability

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

As per collective agreement

Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years or equivalent experience

Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Languages: English

Shift Pattern: Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Shift, On Call, Flexible Hours, Early Morning, Morning

Work setting: Nursing home/home for the aged
Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week

Health/Dental Benefits, Paid Holidays, Vacations, and Sick Leave