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Job Details

Nurse Aide

Employer

Ascent Home Care

Date Posted

October 09, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $65,000.83 annually
  • Work Hours 32 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Oct 30, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Ascent Home Care

Languages

English

Education

Bachelor's degree

Work setting

  • Home care and visiting care agency
  • Various locations
  • Nursing home/home for the aged
  • Group home

Tasks

  • Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
  • Serve meal trays and feed patients
  • Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
  • Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
  • Bathe, dress and groom patients
  • Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
  • Administer first aid in emergency situations

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate
  • Nursing Aide Certificate
  • Health Care Aide Certificate

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Walking

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Patience

Screening questions

  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Day

Health benefits

Health care plan

Other benefits

  • Team building opportunities
  • Parking available

Support for youths

Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Nurse Aide is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Nurse Aides, Orderlies and Patient Service Associates
SOCIAL

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

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

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

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