home health care worker

Location

Richmond, BC | Canada

Job description

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Work site environment

• Non-smoking

Work setting

• Urban area
• Work in employer's/client's home
• Employer's home

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Administer bedside and personal care
• Administer medications
• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
• Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)
• Change non-sterile dressings
• Feed or assist in feeding
• Launder clothing and household linens
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Provide companionship
• Provide personal care
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Provide nursing care

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Tracheostomy care training
• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• Adults
• Elderly
• Males
• Persons with a disability
• Persons with physical disabilities
• Terminally ill

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Reference required

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks

Weight handling

• Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs)

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer

Job tags

Salary

$26.25 per hour