23 Jan
NL Health Services
Newfoundland and Labrador
Zone: All Zones
Location: Sites Throughout NL Health Services
Personal Care Attendant Graduates - General Posting
General Vacancies
Permanent, Temporary, Full-Time and Part-Time positions available
Hours Based on the needs of the department.
Salary CGCU24 (CAD22.86- CAD25.18 per hour)
Competition Number VAC0004646
Posted Date 2025-01-21
Closing Date Open until filled.
Demands, duties, qualifications
Job Summary
Applications are invited for Personal Care Attendant positions with NLHS for various sites/departments.
Responsibilities include providing care and support in all aspects of daily living to patients and/or residents who may be physically and/or cognitively impaired and who may exhibit challenging behaviours. Duties include, but are not limited to, meeting all aspects of the patient's and/or resident's needs through various activities including providing companionship, escorting residents to outside appointments, providing input to the interdisciplinary team, and other related duties as required. The successful candidate must demonstrate an awareness of and be responsible for promoting and supporting person-and family-centered care, demonstrate a commitment to safety and partner with all team members to improve worker and patient safety by integrating safety into work practices, identifying risks and implementing improvements.
Job Demands
- By applying for this job, you acknowledge an understanding that regular requirements and demands of this job include (but are not limited to:
- Constantly moves/lifts up to 10-15lbs, regularly moves/lifts up to 50lbs; required to restrain/reposition/move/lift up to, or above, 50lbs with co-worker assistance and repetitively required to complete pushing/pulling with medium force (22-44lbsF).
- Constantly stands/walks.
May work in awkward or cramped positions to assist with care. Work repetitively involves reaching/stretching, bending/twisting and repeated bouts of low-level postures such as squatting, crouching or stooping.
- Potential for exposure to blood, bodily fluids and/or other contagion. May be exposed to patients/residents with potential risk for aggressive behavior.
- Work Environments present potential for exposure to scented/chemical products and/or other allergens within publicly accessible areas.)
Job Qualifications
- Graduation from high school with a diploma recognized by the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
- Graduation from a personal care attendant program approved by NLHS.
- Current BLS certification.
- Successful completion of the selection process;
- Receipt of references deemed satisfactory by NL Health Services, in accordance with NL Health Services policy on reference checks;
- Documentation confirming successful completion of program of study;
Completion of NL Health Services pre-placement documentation which includes, but may not be limited to, a criminal records check and vulnerability sector check deemed satisfactory by NL Health Services, completion of privacy training and a submitted Oath of Confidentiality, and completion of NL Health Services pre-placement health assessment; and other training as required prior to your start date or during your orientation period based on the requirements of the position.
Potential Incentives, depending on Zone:
- Sign On Bonus - $5,000 to $18,000
- Long Term Care Recruitment Bonus - $1,650
- Rural Student Loan Forgiveness Program - https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/education/student-aid/grants-loans/repay/assistance/doctors-nurses/eligibility.html
- Labrador Benefit Agreement - https://www.gov.nl.ca/exec/tbs/files/working-with-us-collective-agreements-labrador-benefits-agreement.pdf
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