Health Care Aide - Casual

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority•Winnipeg, MB

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Lions Housing Centres Inc. owns and operates housing and care facilities to provide accommodation for adult citizens. We provide support that looks at the whole person, not just their mental health needs, but consider their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing. Lions Housing Centres Inc. is currently recruiting for Health Care Aide - Casual positions for the Personal Care Home facility. As a Health Care Aide, you are responsible as a key member of the interdisciplinary team, to provide the highest quality of resident care in accordance with facility policies, procedures, and protocols. Care is provided under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).

Requirements

Health Care Aide Certificate from an approved Manitoba Government Advanced Education and Training Health Care Aide Course is required
Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
Good organizational abilities, with a particular emphasis on time management
Good interpersonal skills and an expressed willingness to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
Ability to uphold Lions Housing Centres Inc. Values: Care, Honesty, and Integrity.
Current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) and Adult Abuse Registry Check.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a long-term care setting is an asset.

Responsibilities

Assists residents in completing activities of daily living based on individualized care plans with respect, dignity, and compassion.
Supports residents with mobility, transferring, exercises, and positioning in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
Closely monitors residents for any changes and reports observations to LPN, RN or RPN.
Documents and maintains resident records/files according to facility guidelines, including administrative tasks related to new admissions, discharges, and deaths and flow sheet documentation (e.g. MDS tracking, record intake and output, Comfort Care and Close Observation Flow Sheet, Behaviour Mapping).
Maintains cleanliness of residents, room, equipment, and unit in accordance with facility policy, procedures, and guidelines.
Assists residents during mealtimes as indicated. Provides between meal fluids and snacks and distributes water jugs as required.