Nurse aide
Right at Home Kingston, located at 111 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 4S4, invites applications from suitable candidates for the position of Nurse Aide who are self-motivated and possess good interpersonal skills. The selected candidate will be required to start work as soon as possible. The open positions pertain to Permanent employment or full-time jobs. The shift timings include Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Overtime, Early Morning and Morning.
Employer Name: Right at Home Kingston
Position: Nurse aide
No. of vacancies: 5
Salary: $21.50 hourly / 40 hours per week
Employment type: Permanent employment, Full-time
Location: 111 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 4S4
Also hiring: Audiologist
Job Description
- 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 call signals to determine the needs of patients.
- The candidate must collect specimens.
- The candidate must prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and sterilizing surgical areas.
- The candidate must provide first aid in an emergency.
Job Requirements
- The candidate should be fluent in the English language.
- The candidate must have a certificate of Secondary (high) school graduation.
- The ideal candidate will have at least 2 to 3 years of experience in a related industry.
- The candidate should be client-focused.
- The candidate should be dependable.
- The candidate should have efficient interpersonal skills.
- The candidate should have excellent oral communication skills.
- The candidate should be organized and flexible.
- The candidate must be capable of acting on their initiative.
- The candidate must be interpersonally aware.
- The candidate should have good judgmental skills.
- The candidate should be reliable.
- The candidate should be a good team player.
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- The candidate should be able to work effectively in a fast-paced and busy environment.
- The candidate should be willing to work under pressure.
- The candidate should be required to perform repetitive tasks frequently.
- The candidate must perform physically demanding tasks as part of their daily work.
- The candidate must be able to perform tasks requiring manual dexterity.
- The candidate should have an eye for detail.
- The candidate must be able to distinguish between colours.
- The candidate must be able to recognize similarities and differences between sounds.
- The candidate must be willing to work in a standing position for extended periods.
- The candidate must be willing to work long hours in various positions, including those that require sitting, standing, and walking, as well as those that involve physical activity.
- The candidate must be willing to work long hours in bending, crouching, and kneeling positions.
- The candidate must be willing to walk for long periods.
How to Apply
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