Qualicare is looking for Three (3) Nurse aides to perform the following duties:
• Answer call signals; supply and empty bed pans; bathe, dress and groom patients; serve meal trays, feed or assist in feeding of patients and assist patients with menu selection; weigh, lift, turn, and position patients; shave patients prior to operations; supervise patients' exercise routines, set up and provide leisure activities for patients, accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse; report or record fluid intake and output; observe or monitor patients' status and document patient care on charts; collect specimens such as urine, faeces or sputum; administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas and perform other procedures as directed by nursing and hospital staff
• Administer, in emergency situations, first aid to injured or ill individuals within the scope of competencies
• Transport patients by wheelchair or stretcher for treatment or surgery
• Carry messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• May perform maintenance tasks such as assisting with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment
• May transport patients between care facilities.
Terms of Employment:
• Salary: $22 per hour
• Permanent, Full Time/ 40.00 Hours per week
• Start date: immediately
Skills requirements:
• Language: English
• Education: Some secondary school education and on-the-job training or a personal support worker, nursing aide or health care aide college or private institutional program, or a college nursing orderly program and supervised practical; Completion of specialized courses such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid an asset.
• Experience: minimum 6 months of training or experience
Business address/Location of employment:
• 488 Main Street South, Alexandria, Ontario, K0C 1A0
Interested applicants: Please submit a cover letter with resume in MS Word or pdf format by Email to paul@mgb928.ca
Please be sure to reference ‘Nurse Aide’ in the subject line of the email.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those who sent resume with cover letter by email will be contacted for an interview.
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