Continuing Care Assistant

Employer: Foyer Pere Fiset

Location: Chéticamp, Nova Scotia

Salary: $24.41 to $27.13 hourly (to be negotiated)

Languages: English or French Education: Other trades certificate or diploma. or equivalent experience Experience: Experience an asset Work setting: Rural area. Nursing home/home for the aged 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. Supply and empty bed pans. 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. Supervise patients' exercise routines. 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