Villa Saint-Joseph du Lac, located in Yarmouth NS, is home to 79 long-term care Residents. We are a provincially funded, non-profit organization that provides 24/7 care. Villa Saint-Joseph has a strong interprofessional team and a new facility (opened in 2015) which allows us to promote a safe, clean, home-like environment for our Resident and care partners.
Responsibilities:
The primary purpose of this position is to serve Residents by attending to their care needs throughout the day and evening and assisting Residents at meals and with a variety of daily living activities and simple pleasures according to individual interests and desires. The incumbent of this position is assigned to a Resident Villa and acts to foster a home-like environment for the Residents living in the Villa. All responsibilities are to be approached in a spirit of teamwork, within and among departments, to ensure cooperation and completion in an efficient manner. As with every role, the underlying responsibility is the care and safety of each Resident. As such, the tasks required in fulfilling the responsibilities of this shift and the day-to-day routines/schedules for completing these tasks, are secondary only to ensuring the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of each Resident are met. Specific responsibilities are outlined below in the Key Result Areas. The incumbent of the shift is to work under the direction of the Mission Statement, Values, Standards, Policies and Procedures and Resident-Centered Care Philosophy of the Villa St Joseph du Lac.
Key Result Areas:
•Provide early morning breakfast items to residents who rise before 7am
•Assist residents to dining room for meals and with eating as required. Supervise dining area atmeal time or resident eating in their room
•Assist with portioning and serving of drinks and serving food
•Clean up after mealtime
•Check on residents periodically during the day and assist with helping them to their room, tolie down, to participate in activities and events and other needs as required
•Assist CCAs as required, respond to resident call bells, tidy up rooms, assist withrepositioning of residents
•Other duties as required
•Full outline of job duties is available upon request
This is a Non-Union position
Please submit cover letter, resume and references to: Sheri Needham by email [email protected] Villa Saint-Joseph du Lac 255 Highway 1 Dayton, NS B5A 5A1 Fax (902) 742-4230
Announcement Date: April 28, 2025

Closing Date: May 9, 2025

Anticipated Start Date: To Be Determined

Salary: $19.34 per hour

Competition Number: 2025-406