health care aide

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

• Home care and visiting care agency
• Work in employer's/client's home
• Hospital or home for the aged
• Group home

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
• Serve meal trays and feed patients
• Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Supervise patients' exercise routines
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

• Client focus

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Mileage paid