Personal support worker – nursing care

Senior Rescue Home Healthcare based in Nepean, ON is inviting applications from suitable candidates for the position of Personal support worker – nursing care who are self-motivated and have good interpersonal skills. The candidate who got selected will be required to start work as soon as possible. The open positions pertain to the Permanent employment or Full time job. The shift timings include Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, On Call, Flexible Hours, To be determined and Morning.

Employer Name: Senior Rescue Home Healthcare
Position: Personal support worker – nursing care
No. of vacancies: 8
Salary: $27.00 to $29.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 37.5 to 45 hours per week
Employment type: Permanent employment, Full time
Location: Nepean, ON

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Hiring: Personal support worker – nursing care

Job Description

• The candidate will be responsible for accompanying patients to outdoor recreational activities.
• 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 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 bathing, dressing, and grooming patients.
• 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 provide first aid in an emergency.
• The candidate will be responsible for preparing meals.
• The candidate must perform housekeeping activities.
• The candidate must assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene.

Job Requirements

• The candidate should be fluent in English or French languages.
• The candidate must have College/CEGEP or equivalent experience.
• The ideal candidate will have at least 7 months to less than 1 year of experience in a related industry.
• The candidate must have completed Moving Patients Safety Principles (MPSP) training, as well as Continuing Care Assistant Certification, First Aid Certificate, CPR Certificate, Nursing Aide Certificate, and Health Care Aide Certificate.
• The candidate must be able to handle weight up to 45 kg (100 lbs).

Work setting

• The candidate should work from a remote location, the practice of employees doing their jobs from a location other than a central office operated by the employer.
• The candidate should work in a rural area; most people live or work on farms or ranches. Hamlets, villages, towns, and other small settlements are in or surrounded by rural areas.
• The candidate should work in an urban area with a high population density.
• The candidate should work in various locations when employees are scattered across different worksites.
• The employee should be able to work in the employer’s/client’s home, have the ability to work at various site locations, and the specific period of progression is the annual review.
• The candidate should be willing to relocate whether the candidate would be ready to move into a new city/different city for a job.
• The candidate should work in a hospital or home for the aged; an aged care home, residential care and nursing home all describe the same service.
• 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.

• The candidate should undergo a comprehensive criminal background check, a vulnerable sector check, and a tuberculosis test.
• The candidate must have proof of immunization.

Transportation/travel information

• The candidate must have their own transportation.
• The employer will not pay for the candidate’s travel expenses.

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.
• 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 of time.

Benefits

• Health, Financial, Long term and Other benefits will be provided to the selected candidate.
• Under Health Benefits, the selected candidate will receive Dental plan.
• Under Financial benefits, the candidate will receive benefits in accordance with the collective agreement contract between the employer and the union representing a bargaining unit, as well as a Night shift premium.
• Under Long Term Benefits, the selected candidate will receive Long-term care insurance and Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA).
• In addition to the Health, Financial, and Long-term benefits mentioned above, the selected candidate will receive Free parking, Employer-paid learning/training, On-site amenities and Other benefits.

How to Apply

To apply, please use the provided options and submit your application if you are interested.

By email

info@seniorrescuehealth.ca

Note

Please include the following while sending the application

• Job reference number- SRHH022-10
• References attesting experience
• Letter of recommendation
• Proof of the requested certifications
• Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed
• Copy of latest school transcript
• Writing sample
• Proof of student enrollment