Personal Support Assistant

Reporting to the Director of Care or designated clinical leadership team member, the Personal Support Assistant helps with select nursing and personal care tasks in accordance with residents’ plan of care, which are within their knowledge and skill, while adhering to regulatory and Extendicare’s standards, policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and provide one-on-one care as needed.
• Provide day-to-day services and support to individual residents to offer a warm and safe environment, ensuring comfort and well-being of residents are met.
• Support with safe lifts and transfers of residents.
• Guide residents to and from their rooms, recreational activities, restorative care office, and dining room as required while contributing to a positive resident experience.
• Act as a resident companion and provide comfort and support to residents as needed.
• Assist with feeding while adhering to safe food handling techniques throughout all aspects of food service.
• Complete general duties as directed by the care staff including, but not limited to organizing closets, restocking shelves, making of beds, supporting residents with high needs in choosing their clothing and dressing.
• Participate on an as-needed basis in interdisciplinary meetings for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating resident care and service needs.
• Work cooperatively with peers and supervisors using the Quality Improvement/CQI process ensuring timely follow-ups.
• Assist in maintaining a safe and clean environment for residents utilizing infection control principles.
• Communicate with supervisor about problems related to resident care and/or safety.
• Handle tactfully and courteously with residents, residents’ families and report any concerns/complaints to the supervisor.
• Participate in the orientation process for residents, students, volunteers, and care staff.
• Actively participate in ongoing educational opportunities and transmit information to the rest of the care staff.
• Maintain resident/resident information confidentiality.
• Uphold and promote the organization’s values and philosophy relating particularly to ethics, morality, and integrity as set out in Extendicare’s Code of Conduct.
• Complete all other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma.
• Working towards completing Personal Support Worker program (or provincial equivalent certificate program) or any other healthcare program nice to have.
• Volunteer/Working experience with seniors in the community health services setting nice to have.
• Ability to model warm, caring and empathetic communication style when connecting with residents, families, and peers.
• Strong and personable communication skills.
• Demonstrated desire to work in a service-driven environment and through customer focus skillset.

Extendicare is committed to ensuring that all employment practices are inclusive. As an organization, we are committed to providing and arranging accommodation for candidates upon request.