Evergreen Home for Special Care - Senior's Centre Located at 655 Park Street, Kentville, NS has 1 - 0.8 permanent part time job openings for continuing care assistants (NOC 33102)
Salary: $18.93 to $24.33 / hour (As per the collective agreement)
Vacancies: 1
Terms of employment: 0.8 Permanent ( 64 hours bi-weekly ) with the potential to become full time ( 80 hours bi-weekly Avg.).
Start date: As soon as possible
Employment conditions: Shift work

Job Requirements:

Languages: English

Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year or equivalent experience

Experience: Experience an asset

Security and Safety: Criminal record check, Child abuse registry check

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Physically demanding

Additional Skills: Supply and empty bed pans, Serve meal trays and feed patients, Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments, Make beds and maintain patients' rooms, Maintain inventory of supplies, Assist with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment Specific Skills Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse, Weigh, lift, turn and position patients, Supervise patients' exercise routines, Bathe, dress and groom patients, Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher, Answer call signals, Collect specimens, Administer first aid in emergency situations

Weight Handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Work Setting: Nursing home/home for the aged

Credentials: (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.) Continuing Care Assistant Certification in Nova Scotia or eligible to become certified in Nova Scotia under the recognized prior learning program within 2 years of commencing employment

How to apply:
By email: [email protected]
By fax: 902-678-5996
By mail: 655 Park St Kentville, NS B4N 3V7

Intended Job Posting Audience: Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, the employer will not consider your job application.

Job open until filled