Personal Support Worker; Community Alzheimer Program

Personal Support Worker (Community Alzheimer Program)

Job Number: 4143
Job Type: Part-Time Unscheduled*
* Vacancy Reason: Net New
Location: 247 Franklin St N - Sunnyside Home, 150 Main St - 150 Main, 250 Laurelwood Dr - Sunnyside-Comm Alzheimers Prog
Division: Community Services
Hours of Work: No guaranteed hours. Shift times vary.
Union: Unifor 1106
Grade: Unifor 1106 Grade 004
Salary Range: $28.64 - $30.08 per hour

* * Part-time unscheduled employees will be required to provide availability for fifty-six (56) hours (28x2) per pay period. Availability must be provided for at least two shift variances (i.e. days, afternoons and/or nights). Employees who do not submit minimum availability as per above may be scheduled for up to fifty-six (56) hours per pay period based on operational needs.

Part-time unscheduled employees must be available three (3) of six (6) weekends (both Saturday and Sunday) in a scheduling period. Part-time unscheduled employees must be available the Saturday and Sunday of two (2) of the following weekends:
Victoria Day weekend, weekend deemed closest to July 1, Civic Holiday weekend, Labour Day Weekend. Part-time unscheduled employees shall be required to be available one of the following:
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, or New Years Eve and New Years Day.

All employees are required to accept and work the shift wherever the work is available in Seniors’ Services, having regard for continuity of care, no stipulations. Once a shift has been assigned to an employee and posted on the schedule, it is the requirement of the employee to work the shift. If the employee is unable to work the shift the employee must find their own replacement and must receive approval from their Supervisor.

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• Taking only what we need
• Leaving some for others
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Provides care and assists in the activities of daily living, and recreation and social programs to program participants, under direction. Documents care and assistance given. Performs clerical, portering, and housekeeping duties as required.

Assists residents to maintain personal hygiene (e.g., bathing, nail grooming, teeth cleaning, mouth care), and with dressing/undressing. Labels resident clothing and care items. Assists residents in and out of beds, wheelchairs, geriatric chairs, on/off toilets, bedpans, and commodes using resident-appropriate lifting techniques and mechanical protocols.

Carries out routine bowel and bladder programs. Distributes and cleans bedpans and urinals, as required.

Makes/changes resident beds when required. Rinses and sorts soiled clothing and linens for laundering.

Applies topical lotions, oils, and ointments under direction of RPN, RN, or delegate. Collects specimens for testing as directed.

Responds promptly to resident call lights.

Documents care provided and activities of daily living per policy. Attends resident care conferences as needed. Participates in shift reports. Observes and immediately reports changes in resident physical and emotional condition and assists to maintain condition and care records. Files monthly records to resident files, as required. Completes daily flow sheets and bowel records.

Assists residents to prepare for appointments and activities, and…