Personal Support Worker – Nursing Care

Location and Compensation

Location: Springwater, ON L9X 1Z5

Salary: $26.40 hourly / 30 to 40 hours per week

Terms of employment: Permanent Full time

Starts: as soon as possible

Vacancies: 1 vacancy

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience: 1 to less than 7 months

Credentials: CPR Certificate

On site: Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting: Rural area;
Nursing home/home for the aged

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
• Assist with maintenance and repair of medical equipment
• Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• Perform other duties related to personal care
• Supply and empty bed pans
• Take patients’ blood pressure, temperature and pulse
• Serve meal trays and feed patients
• Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
• Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms
• Supervise patients’ exercise routines
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients’ needs
• Collect specimens
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Patience