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Continuing Care Assistant
Posted on April 5, 2025
by AB Care Healthcare Inc
264 Bedford Highway , Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M 2K7
Job Sector:
Childcare & Caregiving
Term of Employment: Full-Time
Total Views: 207
Duration: 5 calendar days (4 business days)
Last Updated: 5 days ago
Job URL: https://newworkers.ca/jobs/nova-scotia/halifax/977881669/continuing-care-assistant/
Job Description
Tasks
- Supply and empty bed pans
- 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
- 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
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
- Continuing Care Assistant Certification
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Nursing Aide Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Transportation provided by employer
- Parking available