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Health Care Aide
Employer
Wapiti Community Support AssociationDate Posted
May 07, 2024Languages
English-
Location Grande Prairie, AB
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Earnings $25.00 hourly
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date May 21, 2024
Employer
Wapiti Community Support Association
Languages
English
Education
Other trades certificate or diploma
Work setting
Relocation costs not covered by employer
Tasks
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
Health Care Aide Certificate
Area of work experience
University or college
Area of specialization
Public housing
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
Weight handling
Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
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Interest Codes
- SOCIAL
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Interest in assisting hospital staff by carrying messages, reports, requisitions and specimens from one department to another; in providing comfort to patients by answering call signals, making beds and maintaining patients' rooms; in assisting patients with menu selection; and in setting-up and providing leisure activities for patients, and accompanying patients on outside recreational activities
- METHODICAL
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Interest in copying routine procedures to provide basic patient care, supervise patients' exercise routines, transport patients in wheelchairs and stretchers, and supply and empty bed pans; in maintaining inventory of supplies; in reporting or recording fluid intake or output; and in observing or monitoring patients' status and document patient care on charts
- objective
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Interest in operating medical equipment to take blood pressure, temperature and pulse; in collecting specimens such as urine, faeces and sputum; in administering suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas; and in performing other procedures as directed by nursing and hospital staff; may perform maintenance tasks such as assist with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, clean or sterilize equipment, maintain and repair equipment and assemble, set-up and operate equipment
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.
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