Continuing Care Assistant/Personal Care Worker

External Job Posting - Multiple Temporary Fulltime & Part-time 0.5 - 1.0 CCA/PCW

The Maritime Odd Fellows Home is a 47-Bed Long-Term Care Facility located in the town of Pictou, overlooking picturesque Pictou Harbour. The Odd Fellows Home has a long history providing quality care to our valued Residents and is in need of a Term CCAs to join our care team.

The CCA/PCW provides assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) to the Residents of the Odd Fellows Home for the purpose of promoting holistic care and independence. Working collaboratively as a member of the health care team by respecting and acknowledging the roles of all those within the healthcare system in contributing to safe, competent and ethical care, the CCA/PCW provides Resident-centred care that responds appropriately to the physiological, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs.

Qualifications

• Nova Scotia Certification as a Continuing Care Assistant (CCA). A Certified CCA holds provincial certification from the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness (DHW). Certified CCAs have completed all components of the CCA Program from a recognized education provider and have passed the provincial certification examination.
• Communicates clearly and professionally using a variety of communication methods as appropriate to the circumstances.
• Previous experience as a CCA/PCW in a healthcare setting working with the elderly
• Conscientious and dependable with the ability to get along with others.
• Able to work independently with initiative.
• Physically capable of performing assigned duties within a flexible work schedule inside a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week operation.
• Politically and culturally sensitive.
• High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts.
• Strong morals and ethics, along with a commitment to staff privacy.
• Must be able to be depended upon to plan and organize work effectively and ensure its completion.

Core Competencies

• Resident Focused
• Communication
• Energy & Stress
• Team Work
• Quality Orientation
• Problem Solving
• Accountability and Dependability
• Operating Equipment
• Ethics and Integrity

Salary: as per contract
Union Status: CUPE
Competition: N-2024-09-20-125
Posting Date: September 20, 2024
Closing Date: Open until filled.
Start Date: To be determined

Submit your resume to

Carla Battist, RN
Director of Care
Maritime Odd Fellows Home
[email protected]
Fax (902)485-9233