Health care aide

Kensington Gentle Care Home is located at Saskatoon, SK. The company is currently looking for applications for the role of Health care aide. We are in search of a self-disciplined individual with outstanding interpersonal skills. The selected applicant will be required to join and take their responsibilities at the earliest. The open positions are for Permanent employment or Full time job. The timings of shifts may be Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Shift, Overtime, On Call, Early Morning and Morning.

Employer Name: Kensington Gentle Care Home
Position: Health care aide
No. of vacancies: 2
Salary: $23.50 hourly / 32 to 40 hours per week
Employment type: Permanent employment, Full time
Location: Saskatoon, SK

Also hiring: Personal support worker – nursing care

Hiring: Health care aide

Job Description

  • The candidate will be responsible for accompanying patients to outdoor recreational activities.
  • The candidate will be responsible for assisting with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up, and assembling medical equipment.
  • The candidate must perform other duties related to patient care and comfort.
  • The candidate must perform other tasks related to personal care.
  • The candidate will be responsible for supplying and emptying bed pans.
  • The candidate must take patients’ blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.
  • The candidate must serve meal trays and feed patients.
  • The candidate must weigh, lift, turn, and position patients.
  • The candidate will be responsible for delivering messages, reports, requisitions, and specimens across departments.
  • The candidate will be responsible for making beds and maintaining patient rooms.
  • The candidate will be responsible for supervising patients’ exercise routines.
  • The candidate must administer suppositories, colonic irrigations, and enemas.
  • The candidate will be responsible for maintaining the inventory of supplies.
  • The candidate will be responsible for bathing, dressing, and grooming patients.
  • The candidate must transport patients between care facilities.
  • The candidate must transport patients in a wheelchair or stretcher.
  • The candidate must answer to call signals to determine the needs of patients.
  • The candidate must collect specimens.
  • The candidate must prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and sterilising surgical areas.
  • The candidate must provide first aid in an emergency.

Job Requirements

  • The candidate should be fluent in English language.
  • The candidate must have a certificate of Secondary (high) school graduation.
  • The ideal candidate will have at least 7 months to less than 1 year of experience in a related industry.

Work setting

  • The candidate should work in a nursing home/home for the aged or people who don’t need to be in a hospital but can’t be cared for at home.

Additional information

Security and safety

  • The candidate should be subjected to a thorough criminal background check.

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • The candidate should be able to work in fast-paced busy environment.
  • The candidate should be willing to work under pressure.
  • The candidate should be required to perform repetitive tasks on frequent basis.
  • The candidate should be prepared to perform physically demanding tasks as part of their daily work.
  • The candidate should have an eye for details.
  • The candidate must be willing to work in a standing position for extended periods of time.
  • The candidate must be willing to work long hours in sitting, standing, and walking positions.

How to Apply

If you wish to apply, please utilize the provided options to submit your application.

By email

kensingtonnursinghome@gmail.com

In person

775 LaBine Crt
Saskatoon, SK
S7L 6G7
Between 11:30 a.m. and 02:30 p.m.

Note

Please include the following while sending the application

  • Cover letter
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