What the posting asks for

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Hours and terms

• Part time, Casual employment

Usually needed for this kind of work

• Some secondary school education and on-the-job training ora personal support worker, nursing aide or health care aide college or private institutional program, or a college nursing orderly program and supervised practical training are required.
• Completion of specialized courses such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid is usually required.
• An appropriate class of driver's licence may be required for medical attendants.
• Often asked for in B.C.: FOODSAFE Level 1. B.C.'s food safety course. Food service employers often ask for it.
• Often asked for in B.C.: BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry. Health care assistants working for B.C.'s publicly funded employers must be registered.
• Often asked for in B.C.: WHMIS training. Training on hazardous products at work. Many employers ask for it.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates (NOC 33102). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

• Answer call signals; supply and empty bed pans; bathe, dress and groom patients; serve meal trays, feed or assist in feeding of patients and assist patients with menu selection; weigh, lift, turn, and position patients; shave patients prior to operations; supervise patients' exercise routines, set up and provide leisure activities for patients, accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse; report or record fluid intake and output; observe or monitor patients' status and document patient care on charts; collect specimens such as urine, faeces or sputum; administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas and perform other procedures as directed by nursing and hospital staff
• Administer, in emergency situations, first aid to injured or ill individuals within the scope of competencies
• Transport patients by wheelchair or stretcher for treatment or surgery
• Carry messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms

About the employer

• Region: Lower Mainland–Southwest Region