Health Care Aide (HCA - BV.26.38)

Hours of Work : Sat. & Sun. 3p-11:15p (31 hrs. biweekly) (Balwin Villa)

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 as mandate.
• Maintain certification in First Aid and CPR Level C.
• Satisfactory current criminal record check.