personal support worker – nursing care
- Posted by : The Redwoods-Retirement Community in Ottawa.(The Redwoods)
February 20, 2025 - January 19, 2026
Job Description
Job Description
Salary:18.86 hourly / 30 to 40 hours per Week
Location: 2604 Draper Avenue., Ottawa, ON K2H 9B1
Vacancies: 1
Terms of employment: Permanent employment Full time
Start Date: As soon as possible
Employment conditions: Day, Early Morning, Evening, Morning, Overtime, Shift, Weekend
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
- Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
- Supervise patients' exercise routines
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients between care facilities
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Benefits
Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement
How to apply
Direct Apply
By Direct Apply
By email
careers@springliving.ca
