Posted on: May 10, 2023
Date: May 10, 2023
Job Title: PSW
NOC Code: 4412
Description\Duties
- Ensures and promotes the provision of resident-centered care to meet the needs of residents
- Provides supervision and/or assistance to the residents in the activities of daily living including eating, dressing, transferring, toileting, hygiene, grooming and bathing as per the residents’ individual plan of care to meet their needs and expectations
- Provides oral and dental care
- Provides for and implements preventative and safety measures and reports unsafe conditions such as the removal of “sharps” from resident’s rooms, foot rests, and side rails, as per plan of care and notifies the housekeeping department of broken glass, china, and remove spills on floors
- Provides for and assists in achieving the residents’ nutritional needs
- Assists and supervises residents with feeding at scheduled meals and snack & nourishment
- Follows special instructions for individual feeding and swallowing problems of a resident
- Provides for and assists with resident’s elimination needs as determined in the individual plan of care
- Provides routine personal care and bathing
- Provides support services to meet the needs of the residents
Qualifications
- Grade 12 certificate and Personal Support Worker certificate
- One-year experience in a Long-Term care facility is an asset and medical certificate.
- Proficiency in oral and written English; have a keen interest in working with the elderly.
- Bilingual is an asset
Salary: TBD
Hours of Work: Full Time
Location (City\Town): Leamington
On Bus Route: Yes
Position Requires a Personal Vehicle: No
Contact: eac@publicboard.ca, 519- 326-0513