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Special Care Aide - Nursing
Employer
RIJAMO NURSING SERVICES INC.Date Posted
May 20, 2026Languages
English-
Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $18.30 hourly
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Work Hours 30 to 40 hours per week
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Position Casual Part Time Leading to Full Time
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Vacancies 10  Vacancies
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Closing Date Jun 10, 2026
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
Important notice: This job posting has been provided by an external employer.The Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada are not responsible for the accuracy, authenticity or reliability of the content.
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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