Health Care Aide (HCA - GM.26.19)

Excel Society•Edmonton, AB

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Health Care Aide (HCA) role involves providing direct care to clients within the scope of Health Care Competencies. This includes meeting a variety of client needs, fostering positive relationships, and ensuring a safe environment. The HCA also plays a role in identifying and reporting potential issues, supporting teamwork, and maintaining client confidentiality and rights.

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.

Responsibilities

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.