personal support worker – nursing care

Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
  
• 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
  
• Maintain inventory of supplies
  
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
  
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
  
• Collect specimens
  
• Administer first aid in emergency situations
  

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• First Aid Certificate
  
• CPR Certificate
  

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
  
• Work under pressure
  
• Repetitive tasks
  
• Physically demanding
  
• Manual dexterity
  
• Attention to detail
  
• Ability to distinguish between colours
  
• Sound discrimination
  
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  
• Walking
  

Personal suitability

• Client focus
  
• Dependability
  
• Efficient interpersonal skills
  
• Flexibility
  
• Initiative
  
• Interpersonal awareness
  
• Judgement
  
• Organized
  
• Reliability
  
• Patienc