Health care Assistant
Mount Currie, BC
Full-time
$38038.00-$53599.00/year
Title: Health Care Assistant
Department: Homecare
Status: Full-time regular
Pay Grid: Professional
Reporting to: Homecare Manager
Summary of Duties:
The Healthcare Assistant is responsible for providing personalized care services under the guidance of the Homecare Manager/Nurse, adhering to the client’s care plan.
Key Deliverables and Expectations:
•Facilitate client appointments with home care
nurses or managers, and ensure adherence to client schedules.
•Assisting with bathing, grooming, toileting, dressing, skin care, feeding, transferring, and mobility aid assistance.
•Short-term respite.
•Provide transportation for clients to local medical appointments when required.
•Monitor and report any changes in clients' health status, behavior, or living conditions to the Homecare Manager/Nurses.
•Maintain accurate records of all services rendered to clients.
•Encourage client and family independence through a strength-based service approach.
•Perform other related duties as requested.
Experience and Attributes:
•Certificate in Residential Care, Health Care Assistant, or Personal Care from an accredited community college.
•Registration with the British Columbia Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry.
•Minimum of 1-year experience as a Personal Care Worker/Care Aide/Home Care Assistant.
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
•Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within various teams.
•Strong organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and effective time management abilities.
•Capability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, handle multiple assignments concurrently, and maintain confidentiality.
•Self-motivated with exceptional interpersonal skills.
•Professional demeanor in all business interactions, presentations, and engagements with stakeholders, clients, and team members.
•Certification in First Aid/CPR an asset
•Food Safe certificate an asset
•Valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle.
•Clear drivers abstract.
•Clear Criminal Record Check with vulnerable sector
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