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Respite Care Aide
Employer
NadiaCareDate Posted
April 14, 2026Languages
English-
Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $21.01 hourly
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Work Hours 30 to 48 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Apr 28, 2026
Employer
NadiaCare
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Home care and visiting care agency
- Urban area
- Youth drop-in centre
Tasks
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients between care facilities
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
First Aid Certificate
Specialization or experience
Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Immunization records
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Own vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling
More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
Screening questions
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
- Do you live near the job location?
Employment terms options
Evening
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Employment terms options
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- Night
- To be determined
- Day
Green job
Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
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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
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