Description
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates assist nurses, hospital staff and physicians in the basic care of patients. They are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted care facilities for the elderly and other health care establishments. Emergency medical care attendant are employed by private ambulance services, urgent care centers or other health facilities.
Duties
- 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
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
Qualifications
Credentials Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Adult Abuse Registry check
- Client focus
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Patience