personal support worker – nursing care

Education

• College / CEGEP

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
• Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Supervise patients' exercise routines
• 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
• Collect specimens
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure

Experience

• 7 months to less than 1 year
• Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
• Langue de travail : Anglais
• Heures de travail : 35 hours per week