Continuing Care Assistant (CCA)/Personal Care Worker (PCW)

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Truro, NS

Healthcare

Experienced

Full-time

Location: The Mira

Job Description: CCA/PCW -Full-Time, Part time and Casual

Also open to RN/LPN and CCA students

A member of the interdisciplinary resident care team

Become a member of the GEM family! We offer an inclusive and welcoming work environment with competitive benefits, a generous vacation plan and plenty of learning opportunities. At GEM we strive to provide the best care, service, and quality of life for our residents in a safe, dignified, home-like environment. From housekeeping to administering medication, our staff is both the foundation and the face of our business.

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What you'll do

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Provide personal hygiene, oral care, skin care, toileting, bathing, feeding, dressing and grooming
• Maintain confidentiality concerning residents, staff and organizational information
• Work within the NSAHO Scope of Practice
• Provide companionship and emotional support to residents
• Maintain a safe and clean environment, adhering to facility infection control policies
  
  

What you'll need

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Reliable with a good attendance record and cheerful disposition
• Personal care of residents including restorative care and the ability to lift up to 50lbs
• Maintenance of a clean and sanitary environment
• Effective communication, both written and verbal in English
• Ability to maintain confidentiality concerning residents, staff and organizational information
• Must take initiative and be able to work with minimal supervision
• Respectful and hardworking team player with a professional and courteous manner
• CCAs will work within the NSAHO Scope of Practice
• Will be accepting RN, LPN and CCA students
  
  

Training & Experience

• Standard First Aid or Basic Life Support - CPR / Choking - Adult
• Successful completion of CCA/PCW course
• Alzheimer course preferred
• Successful applicants must have successfully completed a CCA, First Aid and CPR course and be computer literate
• Experience in a similar environment is considered an asset
  
  

We're looking for

Core Skills

Confidentiality Emotional Leasing Skin Support

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A Little Bit About Us

GEM Health Care Group

GEM Health Care Group is a Nova Scotian, family run business which has been enhancing the lives of seniors in the communities where they operate since 1979.

We continue to remain a leader in transforming how health care is delivered to seniors in Nova Scotia and we strive to provide the best care, service, and quality of life for our residents in a safe, dignified, home-like environment.

GEM currently operates various levels of seniors' care facilities throughout Nova Scotia, Ontario, and in Hollywood, Florida.

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Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Casual

Pay: Up to $48,000.00 per year - Wages based on UNIFOR contract.

Benefits

• Company pension
• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• Schedule:
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift
  
  

Supplemental Pay

Overtime pay

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