support services assistant - medical
Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
Langue de travail: Anglais
Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
Education:
Expérience:
Education
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
Work setting
Home care and visiting care agency
Physician's office
Hospital/medical facility or clinic
Medical clinic
Health care institution, facility or clinic
Tasks
Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, setting up and assembling of medical equipment
Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
Maintain inventory of supplies
Transport patients between care facilities
Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
Collect specimens
Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
Schedule and confirm appointments
Perform administrative tasks
Ensure infection control
Administer medications
Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
Provide wound and bandage care
Monitor patients and advise physician of any changes in patients' condition
Provide technical assistance to surgeons by laying out instruments, setting up equipment, assisting surgical teams with gowns and gloves and passing instruments to surgeons
Provide patient and family education
Interview patients
Ensure that quality nursing care is provided to patients
Assist with record management
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
Continuing Care Assistant Certification
First Aid Certificate
CPR Certificate
Computer and technology knowledge
Electronic medical records
Area of specialization
Medical unit
Transportation/travel information
Valid driver's licence
Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Fast-paced environment
Work under pressure
Repetitive tasks
Physically demanding
Attention to detail
Standing for extended periods
Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Bending, crouching, kneeling
Weight handling
Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
Personal suitability
Client focus
Dependability
Efficient interpersonal skills
Excellent oral communication
Flexibility
Initiative
Interpersonal awareness
Judgement
Organized
Reliability
Team player
Patience
Screening questions
Are you willing to relocate for this position?
Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
What is the highest level of study you have completed?
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Support for newcomers and refugees
Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
Support for Indigenous people
Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
Supports for visible minorities
Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees