Health Care Aide

Employer: Comfort Keepers Victoria

Location: Victoria, British Columbia

Salary: $28.00 hourly

Languages: English Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years Work setting: Home care and visiting care agency Tasks: Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment. Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse. Serve meal trays and feed patients. Weigh, lift, turn and position patients. Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments. Make beds and maintain patients' rooms. Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas. Maintain inventory of supplies. Bathe, dress and groom patients. Transport patients between care facilities. Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher. Answer call signals to determine patients' needs. Collect specimens. Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas. Administer first aid in emergency situations Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses: First Aid Certificate. CPR Certificate