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Special Care Aide - Nursing

Employer

RIJAMO NURSING SERVICES INC.

Date Posted

May 20, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $18.30 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Casual Part Time Leading to Full Time
  • Vacancies 10  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jun 10, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

RIJAMO NURSING SERVICES INC.

Languages

English

Education

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

Work setting

  • Home care and visiting care agency
  • Remote location
  • Various locations
  • Hospital or home for the aged
  • Nursing home/home for the aged
  • Group home

Tasks

  • Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
  • Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
  • Assist with maintenance and repair of medical equipment
  • Perform other duties related to personal care
  • Supply and empty bed pans
  • 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
  • Supervise patients' exercise routines
  • Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
  • Maintain inventory of supplies
  • Transport patients between care facilities
  • Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Certificate
  • Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
  • Behaviour management Certification
  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate
  • Health Care Aide Certificate

Area of work experience

University or college

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Immunization records
  • Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Sound discrimination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Walking

Weight handling

Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

Personal suitability

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

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the equipment you need to work from home (like internet and a workspace)?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you live near the job location?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Shift
  • Flexible hours
  • Morning
  • Night
  • On call
  • To be determined
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime required
  • Overtime available

Workplace information

On the road job

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Gasoline paid
  • Mileage paid

Long term benefits

Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Subsidised public transportation
  • Team building opportunities
  • Transportation provided by employer
  • Parking available
  • Variable or compressed work week

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Special Care Aide - Nursing 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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