Continuing Care Assistant (Nurse Assistant)
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Nurse Assistants are continuously in high demand in Canada.
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This position works under the direction of the Registered Nurse / Registered Practical Nurse. As a continuing care assistant (nurse assistant/aide), you will assist nurses, hospital staff, and physicians in the basic care of patients. You will be employed in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted care facilities for the elderly, and other health care establishments.
Responsibilities
Answer call signals; supply and empty bed pans; bathe, dress, and groom patients; serve meal trays, feed or assist in the 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, feces, or sputum; administer suppositories, colonic irrigation, 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
May perform maintenance tasks such as assisting 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
May transport patients between care facilities.
Qualifications
Excellent communication skills in English, both written and oral
High School Diploma or equivalent
Worked in the role of caregiver, either in a facility or in a public setting, has transferable skills and related health care training; OR
Trained in a program comparable or somewhat comparable to a Licensed Practical Nurse that would be willing to start as a Continuing Care Assistant (CCA) while they work towards gaining their license to practice;
OR
Trained in a program comparable or somewhat comparable to a Registered Nurse that would be willing to start as a CCA while they work towards gaining their license to practice
Who can apply?
You can apply if:
You are a refugee, stateless person, or in a situation where you are displaced from your home country
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About Talent Beyond Boundaries
Talent Beyond Boundaries is building a world where displaced people can safely migrate for work, using their skills to rebuild their lives with dignity and purpose.
We are a nonprofit organization committed to opening labor mobility pathways for refugees and other displaced people. We link those who are forcibly displaced with jobs in countries around the world where their skills are needed, and we facilitate visas enabling them to work abroad.