About this role
Job title: Senior Health Care Aide
Focus on Caring is seeking a Senior Health Care Aide to provide compassionate palliative and personal care to clients in Calgary and surrounding area. This is a full-time, permanent role. Language of work is English. Pay is $20.00 per hour plus 4% vacation pay. Workers' compensation benefits are paid by the employer.
Responsibilities
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Administer palliative subcutaneous medications and pain medications as directed by physicians and Registered Nurses
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Provide comfort care including oral hygiene, sponge bathing, massage, and special treatments
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Perform post-mortem care
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Manage ostomy care: emptying and changing ostomy bags, assessing sites, reporting changes
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Manage catheter care: emptying and cleaning catheter bags, changing night/day bags, assessing insertion sites
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Perform bladder irrigation and intermittent catheterization
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Assess blood glucose with a glucometer and assist with insulin administration under RN guidance
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Perform wound care using a variety of dressings
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Perform PEG feeding and change insertion site dressings
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Administer suppositories and enemas as recommended by physicians
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Perform other duties consistent with the position