Personal Support Worker-nursing home Job

Job Responsibilities
Tasks
Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
Perform other duties related to personal care
Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
Supervise patients' exercise routines
Bathe, dress and groom patients
Transport patients between care facilities
Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
Administer first aid in emergency situations
Provide personal care
Administer bedside and personal care
Provide nursing care
Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
Provide wound and bandage care
Provide other alternative forms of health care to patients

Required Security and safety checks:
Criminal record check
Immunization records
Vulnerable sector check

Work setting
Home care and visiting care agency
Urban area
Nursing home/home for the aged

Required Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
First Aid Certificate
Nursing Aide Certificate

Work conditions and physical capabilities
Repetitive tasks
Manual dexterity
Attention to detail
Ability to distinguish between colours
Sound discrimination
Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability
Client focus
Dependability
Efficient interpersonal skills
Flexibility
Judgement
Organized
Reliability
Patience