College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
or equivalent experience
Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
Experience
Experience an asset
Work setting
Nursing home/home for the aged
Responsibilities
Tasks
Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
Serve meal trays and feed patients
Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
Supervise patients' exercise routines
Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
Maintain inventory of supplies
Bathe, dress and groom patients
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
Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
Answer call signals
Collect specimens
Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
