COUNTRY MANOR RETIREMENT HOME

Thedford, ON

COUNTRY MANOR RETIREMENT HOME

Thedford, ON

aide, patient care

Thedford, ON (view on map)

Posted 18 days ago

Job Description

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
• or equivalent experience

Work setting

• Nursing home/home for the aged
• Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment

Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Perform other duties related to personal care
• 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
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Administer first aid in emergency situations
• Provide personal care
• Provide companionship
• Administer bedside and personal care
• Feed or assist in feeding

Target audience

• Elderly

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Patience

Support for persons with disabilities

• Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)

Support for youths

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment

Support for Indigenous people

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)