Personal Care Attendant – Medical
Job Description
Tasks
Supply and empty bedpans
Take patients’ blood pressure, temperature, and pulse
Serve meal trays and feed patients
Weigh, lift, turn, and position patients
Deliver messages, reports, requisitions, and specimens between departments
Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms
Supervise patients’ exercise routines
Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations, and enemas
Maintain inventory of supplies
Bathe, dress, and groom patients
Transport patients between care facilities
Transport patients in wheelchairs or stretcher
Answer can signals
Collect specimens
Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties relate<! to patient care and comfort Administer first aid in emergency situations
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
CPR Certificate
First Aid Certificate
Additional information
Security and safety
Basic security clearance
Criminal record check
Immunization records
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Fast-paced environment
Repetitive tasks
Attention to detail
Weight handling
Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
Personal suitability
Client focus
Dependability
Ecient interpersonal skills Excellent oral communication Flexibility
Initiative
Interpersonal awareness Judgement
Organized
Reliability
Team player
Languages
English
Work setting
Work in employer’s/client’s home
Nursing home/home for the age<I