Job Opportunities in Canada
October 8, 2024
Turnbull Nursing Home
Saint John
OTHER
Attendant, nursing home
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 15 to 75 hours bi-weekly
- Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting
- Urban area
- Nursing home/home for the aged
Tasks
- Supply and empty bed pans
- 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
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Collect specimens
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Geriatric Certificate
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Criminal record check
- Immunization records
- Eligible for professional liability insurance
- Adult Abuse Registry check
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
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
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- What is your current field of study?
- What is your current level of study?
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Pension plan
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Travel insurance
- Wellness program
Similar Jobs
October 10, 2024
IWK Health Centre
Clinical Mentor, Nursing Professional Practice - Children's & Adolescent Intensive Services
Halifax
FULL TIME & OTHER
View Details
October 9, 2024
RELX
Field Sales Representative, Nursing Health Education (Atlantic Canada and Quebec)
FULL TIME
View Details
New Jobs from This Company