Health Care Aide (HCA - GM.26.47)

Job summary

The Health Care Aide provides direct physical, mental, and emotional support to clients while maintaining a safe and clean environment. Responsibilities include observing and reporting client status, documenting daily shifts, and collaborating with the health care team.

Job details

Hours of Work : Fri. & Sat. 11p-7:15a (31 hrs biweekly) (Grand Manor) The Job Responsibilities are as follows: * Providing care that is within the Health Care Competencies. * Referring client and family members to appropriate members of the health care team for information about issues that exceed the boundaries of the role of the worker. * Demonstrating the ability to have respectful relationships and communication with clients and family while building rapport. * Helping to meet physical, mental, emotional, psychosocial, and cultural/spiritual needs of the client. Identifying potential sources, types, and signs of stress for clients and providing support as able including using active listening skills. * Supporting and encouraging a culture of teamwork and communication. * Checking equipment for defects, reporting defective equipment to supervisor or other designated individual, complying with infection control practices, and isolation procedures and precautions. * Recognizing preventative initiatives and follow-up procedures of occupational hazards and follow guidelines for the prevention of fire and electrical accidents. * Demonstrating ability to become acquainted with the clients and demonstrate awareness and understanding of client's needs. Observing and reporting client status. * Encouraging and supporting client's efforts to maintain/enhance their health and wellness and assisting client with the maintenance of a clean, healthy, and safe home environment. * Respecting client’s rights to confidentiality, privacy, independence, well-being, and choice. * Recognizing and reporting signs of client abuse. * Recognizing, responding, documenting, and reporting altered client behaviours. Completing daily shift client charting. Requirements: * HCA certificate from an institution recognized by Alberta health Services as evidenced through enrolment in the CLHA Directory is mandate. * Maintain certification in First Aid and CPR Level C. * Satisfactory current criminal record check.

What you’ll do

The Health Care Aide provides direct physical, mental, and emotional support to clients while maintaining a safe and clean environment. Responsibilities include observing and reporting client status, documenting daily shifts, and collaborating with the health care team.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an HCA certificate recognized by Alberta Health Services and be enrolled in the CLHA Directory. Current certification in First Aid and CPR Level C, along with a satisfactory criminal record check, is mandatory.

Listed skills

• Clinical care · Preferred
• Teamwork · Preferred
• First Aid · Preferred
• Safety Compliance · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Reporting · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Health Care Aide
• Patient Care
• Active Listening
• Infection Control
• First Aid
• CPR Level C
• Client Charting
• Reporting
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Safety Compliance
• Occupational Hazard Prevention
• Rapport Building
• Isolation Procedures
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification
• First Aid Certification
• Confidentiality

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Social Services
• Health Care Aide
• Home Health Aide
• Home-based Personal Care Workers
• Home Health Aides
• Home Health and Personal Care Aides

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