Job description
Education:
- High School Diploma and completion of an accredited Personal Support Worker program that meets legislative standards
License/Designation:
- Medication Administration certification
- First Aid and CPR certified
Experience:
- Six hundred (600) hours of related experience, including both class time and practical experience, preferably with clinical experience in a geriatric setting
Knowledge:
- Medication administration standards
- Residents’ activities of daily living (ADL), such as hygiene, optimal functioning, well-being and feeding
- Personal Support Worker routines and practices
- Infection control guidelines
- Lifting, transferring and positioning techniques
- Rehabilitation and palliative approaches
- Legislative regulations and policies related to retirement care
- Changes in mobility of seniors and mechanical lifting devices
- Applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers
Competencies, Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to contribute effectively as a team member
- Ability to treat residents with dignity, respect and care
- Strong command of the English language both oral and written
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to develop rapport with residents and their families
- Ability to organize and prioritize workload
- Ability to follow resident support plan and carry out activities as directed
- Ability to report resident needs through observation of their condition/behaviour
- Ability to follow safety procedures to maintain a safe and clean environment
- Ability to apply lifting, transferring and positioning techniques
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of resident information
- Ability to work in a flexible environment to meet the needs of the residents, including weekend and holiday coverage, as required
Personal Suitability:
- Demonstrates a strong desire to serve and care for seniors
- Open, friendly and responsive
- Able to apply tact, discretion and sound judgement
- Trustworthy, empathetic, reliable, punctual and adaptable
- Meets the physical demands of the job
- Shows initiative and commitment to excellence
- Resident service oriented
- Attend regularly scheduled shifts.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Courses in gerontology, aging or dementia are an asset