Health Care Aide

Employer: Care24 Homecare& Support Services

Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta

Salary: $23.00 hourly

Languages: English Education: Other trades certificate or diploma. or equivalent experience Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years Work setting: Home care and visiting care agency. Rural area. Various locations. Nursing home/home for the aged. Public or community health centre Tasks: Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities. Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment. Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort. Perform other duties related to personal care. 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. Bathe, dress and groom patients. Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher. Answer call signals to determine patients' needs. Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operativ