Resident Care Worker

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Several communities in Prince Edward Island are looking to add Resident Care Workers to their team. As a Resident Care Worker, you have graduated from a recognized RCW course and your primary duties include assisting nurses in the basic care of patients in an institutional setting.

As RESIDENT CARE WORKER you are responsible for, but not limited to these duties:

• Answer call signals, supply and empty bed pans, bathe, dress and groom patients.
• Serve meal trays, feed or assist in feeding of patients and assist patients with menu selection
• Lift, turn or massage patients, supervise patients’ exercise routines, set-up and provide leisure activities for patients, and accompany patients on outside recreational activities, and perform other duties related to patient care
• Take patients’ blood pressure, temperature and pulse, report or record fluid intake and output, observe or monitor patients’ status and document patient care on charts, collect specimens, perform other procedures as directed by nursing staff
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher for treatment or surgery
• Carry messages, reports, requisitions and specimens from one department to another
• Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• May perform maintenance tasks such as assisting with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting up and operating job-related equipment.

Compensation

• $15.00 – $19.60 per hour.

We are seeking only the most caring individuals for our client. If you have recently graduated from the Resident Care Worker program or are looking for a new opportunity within resident care please contact Nadia at nadia@confederation.com.