personal support worker – nursing care

Work setting

• Home care and visiting care agency
• Rural area
• Work in employer's / client's home

Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
• Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
• Serve meal trays and feed patients
• Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
• Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• 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
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation / travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads

Weight handling

• Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Patience

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Financial benefits

• Gratuities
• Mileage paid