Personal support worker – nursing care

Meridian Home Health based in Ajax, 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 vacancies refer to Permanent employment or Part time leading to full time job. The shift timings include Day, Evening, Night, Flexible Hours and Morning.

Employer Name: Meridian Home Health
Position: Personal support worker – nursing care
No. of vacancies: 1
Salary: $20.00 to $28.00 hourly (to be negotiated) / 16 to 32 hours per week
Employment type: Permanent employment, Part time leading to full time
Location: Ajax, ON

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Hiring: Personal support worker – nursing care

Job Description

  • The candidate will be responsible for supplying and emptying bed pans.
  • The candidate will be expected to 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 expected to deliver messages, reports, requisitions, and specimens between departments.
  • The candidate will be responsible for making beds and maintaining patient rooms.
  • The candidate will be expected to supervise the exercise routines of patients.
  • The candidate must administer suppositories, colonic irrigations, and enemas.
  • The candidate will be expected to keep an inventory of supplies.
  • The candidate will be responsible for bathing, dressing, and grooming patients.
  • The candidate will be required to assist with the setup and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilising equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting up, and operating job-related equipment.
  • The candidate must transport patients between care facilities.
  • The candidate must transport patients in a wheelchair or stretcher.
  • The candidate will be expected to respond to call signals.
  • The candidate must collect specimens.
  • The candidate must prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and sterilising surgical areas.
  • The candidate will be expected to accompany patients on outings and other recreational activities, as well as perform other duties related to patient care and comfort.
  • The candidate must provide first aid in an emergency.

Job Requirements

  • The candidate should be fluent in English language.
  • The candidate should have minimum qualification of Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
  • The ideal candidate will have at least 2 to 3 years of experience in a related industry.
  • The candidate must have a First Aid Certificate and a CPR Certificate.
  • The candidate must be able to lift weights of up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs) and 23 kg (50 lbs).
  • The candidate should be client focused.
  • The candidate should be dependable.
  • The candidate should have effective interpersonal skills.
  • The candidate must have excellent oral communication skills.
  • The candidate should be organised and flexible in nature.
  • The candidate should be reliable.
  • The candidate should be a good team player.

Work setting

  • The candidate must work in a home care and visiting care agency, as well as a nursing home or home for the elderly.
  • The candidate will be required to work in the employer’s or client’s home.

Additional information

Security and safety

  • The candidate must be bondable.
  • The candidate should undergo a thorough criminal record check, driving record check (abstract), and tuberculosis test.

Transportation/travel information

  • The candidate must have a valid driver’s licence.
  • The candidate must have their own transportation.

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 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 long hours in bending, crouching, and kneeling positions.
  • The candidate must be willing to walk for long periods of time.

Benefits

  • Under Financial benefits, the selected candidate will receive mileage reimbursement.

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying, apply through the given options.

By email

jobs@meridianhomecare.ca

Note

Please include the following while sending the application

  • Job reference number- P7192301
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