Personal Support Worker-Nursing Care

Work setting

• Long-term care facility

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assist Residents with activities of daily living including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and eating.
• Respond promptly to Resident calls and requests for assistance. 
• Support Residents with mobility, including ambulating, turning, positioning, and transferring Residents. This may include using assistive devices for transfers and safe transfer techniques.
• Provide emotional support and companionship to Residents. 
• Carry out delegated tasks as directed by nursing staff, in accordance with policies and procedures, and scope of practice, including specimen collection and other assigned care activities.
• Relay reports, specimens and relevant Resident information to nursing staff in a timely manner. 
• Maintain Resident environments, including changing bed linens, maintaining room cleanliness, and restocking supplies as required.
• Complete accurate documentation related to resident care and well-being and promptly report changes in condition or concerns to nursing staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Registered with Health and Supportive Care Providers Oversight Authority (HSCPOA)

Additional information

Security and safety

• Immunization records
• Vulnerable sector check
• Tuberculosis test

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Patience

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement
• Group life insurance
• Night/weekend shift premiums
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Other benefits: Sick leave