Personal Support Worker/ Health Care Aide/ Resident Care Aide

The Personal Support Worker (PSW) provides essential care and support to clients, assisting with daily living activities such as personal hygiene, feeding, mobility, meal preparation, and light housekeeping. Additionally, this role offers companionship and emotional support while promoting clients’ independence and dignity.

International applicants or foreign workers applying for this position must be Registered Nurses (RNs), as the intended career pathway is to become Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) or Registered Nurses (RNs) in Canada. All international applicants must either be in the process of obtaining RPN licensure in a Canadian jurisdiction or be willing to initiate the licensure process immediately following a successful interview with our talent acquisition team.

Summary of 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; administer first aid in emergency situations; collect specimens such as urine, feces or sputum; administer suppositories, colonic irrigations, and enemas and perform other procedures as directed by nursing and hospital staff.
• 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.

Desired Skills & Competencies

• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Ability to empathize with the patients
• Outstanding knowledge of effective patient-care techniques
• Ability to stay calm under pressure

Minimum Requirements

• Graduate of BS Nursing
• Licensed Nurse
• Able to lift 50 LBS
• Minimum 3 Years as Nurse
• IELTS band score of 6 in each category
• Willing to migrate and work in Canada
• Job Type: Full-time
• International applicants or foreign workers seeking to apply must be in the process of obtaining Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) licensure in any Canadian jurisdiction or must be willing to begin the RPN licensure process.