Salary: $25.00/Hour
Actual Employer Details
Employer’s Name: Keeping House Care Facility Ltd
Job Location: Nanaimo, BC
V9R 6W2
Job requirements
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
Experience an asset
Work setting
Cara Facility
Responsibilities
Tasks
Assist with bathing, grooming, dressing and other personal hygiene activities
Assist with feeding patients
Assist with bed transfers, lifting, turning and walking
Assist with range of motion exercises
Assist with simple wound care, respiratory equipment use or urinary care
Report on patient condition to the nurse
Assist patients to take their medications
Communicate with patients
Answer call signals; supply and empty bed pans; bathe, dress and groom patients; serve meal trays, feed or assist in feeding of patients and assist patients with menu selection; weigh, lift, turn, and position patients; shave patients prior to operations; supervise patients’ exercise routines, set up and provide leisure activities for patients, accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
Take patients’ blood pressure, temperature and pulse; report or record fluid intake and output; observe or monitor patients’ status and document patient care on charts; collect specimens such as urine, faeces or sputum; administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas and perform other procedures as directed by nursing and hospital staff
Administer, in emergency situations, first aid to injured or ill individuals within the scope of competencies
Transport patients by wheelchair or stretcher for treatment or surgery
Carry messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms
Maintain inventory of supplies
May perform maintenance tasks such as assisting with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment
May transport patients between care facilities.