continuing care assistant – Dartmouth, NS – Job posting

Serve meal trays and feed patients

Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms

Maintain inventory of supplies

Supply and empty bed pans

Assist with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment

Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments

Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Nursing home/home for the aged

Criminal record check;

Basic security clearance;

Adult Abuse Registry;

Own transportation;

Fast-paced environment;

Work under pressure;

Repetitive tasks;

Physically demanding;

Manual dexterity;

Attention to detail;

Ability to distinguish between colours;

Sound discrimination;

Combination of sitting, standing, walking;

Standing for extended periods;

Walking;

Bending, crouching, kneeling;

Urban area;

Various locations;

Initiative;

Effective interpersonal skills;

Flexibility;

Team player;

Client focus;

Interpersonal awareness;

Dependability;

Judgement;

Reliability;

Organized;