Resident Care Aide Job At Victoria, British Columbia ($25.83 Hourly), Check Skills Requirements

Here is another job opportunity for those who are eligible to work in Canada as Trillium Communities requires the service of a resident care aide (medical) in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, for immediate employment.

Salary: $25.83 per hour for 32 to 40 hours per week
Specific location: Location1048 Craigdarroch RD, Victoria, BC, V8S 2A4
Languages: English
Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program
Experience: 1 to less than 7 months

The work setting is a hospital or home for the aged; nursing home or home for senior citizens and the successful applicants will earn CAD$1,033.2 per week.

Security and Safety checks on the applicant are child abuse registry check; child welfare check; and immunization records

Others are tuberculosis test; criminal record check; basic security clearance; and Adult Abuse Registry

Required Skills

Applicants of this Resident Care Aide Job must have the following skills:

Serve meal trays and feed patients
Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas;
Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher;
Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms
Take patients’ blood pressure, temperature and pulse;
Maintain inventory of supplies
Collect specimens;
Bathe, dress and groom patients;
Supply and empty bed pans
Answer call signals;
Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
Weigh, lift, turn and position patients;
Administer first aid in emergency situations;
Accompany patients on outside recreational activities
Must also be able to perform other duties related to patient care and comfort

According to the employer, the applicant must be ready to work under pressure while carrying out repetitive tasks.

The job is physically demanding and required details to attention, and ability to distinguish between colours among others.

Above all, applicants must have effective interpersonal skills, be flexible, a team player, excellent oral communication, and above all, must be organised and reliable.