Overview

Green Umbrella Senior Care is looking for a Health Care Aide / Personal Support Worker – Nursing Care to join our team. Green Umbrella Senior Care is hiring caring and reliable Health Care Aides to provide in-home support to seniors and vulnerable adults in the community.

 

As a HCA / PSW – Nursing Care, you will work one-on-one with seniors in their homes helping to promote independence and allowing them the choice to live life on their terms.

 

Permanent, Full-time, $27.50 per hour; 30-40 hours per week. Shifts could be scheduled anytime between 7:30AM and 12AM, including weekends. You will be expected to travel to various work locations in Coquitlam and greater Vancouver.

 

Duties & Responsibilities:

·      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;

·      Assist clients with mobility, transfers, fall prevention, and use of mobility aids

·      Assist with meal preparation, feeding, and light housekeeping

·      Provide personal care including bathing, grooming, toileting, and hygiene support

·      Support individuals with dementia or cognitive challenges when required

·      Monitor client safety during day, evening, or overnight shifts

·      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;

·      Maintain inventory of supplies;

·      Provide companionship and care.

 

Requirements:

 

·      Health Care Aide Certificate/HCA Certificate OR 1+ year of home care experience is required;

·      Equivalent Foreign LPN/RN designation may be considered;

·      Previous experience supporting seniors or individuals with mobility or cognitive challenges is an asset;

·      Ability to work independently and respond to emergencies within scope of training;

·      Valid driver’s licence and access to a reliable vehicle is an asset;

·      English language ability is required.

 

How to Apply:

*Please do not call or apply in person.

Please email resume to:

 

Info@greenumbrellaseniorcare.ca

 

OR

 

Mail resume to:

Green Umbrella Senior Care

211-3030 Lincoln Avenue

Coquitlam, B.C.

V3B 6B4

 

*Please confirm in your resume that you are legally authorized to work in Canada (i.e., either a permanent resident, a citizen of Canada or a refugee claimant with a valid work permit).