Health Care Aide

Your Opportunity: Assisted Living Alberta (ALA) needs a caring individual who is passionate about having a massive impact on the well-being of our patients. You will provide personal care by supporting activities of daily living, assist in patient assessments and procedures, provide comfort measures to patients and their families, as well as simple charting in patient’s records. Other duties include portering, delivering specimens to labs, cleaning, and monitoring unit tidiness and equipment in storage rooms. You will work closely with patients, families, and caregivers as well as all members of the health care team, and play a key role in providing safe, quality patient and family-centered care. The Town of Whitecourt is located in northwest Alberta, and is a young, diverse and multicultural town offering a relaxed, small-town feel, but still close to the big city amenities. Whitecourt, known as the “Snowmobile Capital of Alberta,” lies in a forested area 177 kms northwest of Edmonton and 267 kms away from Jasper National Park. In addition to a wide variety of sports teams and cultural clubs, the community offers essential amenities and services, including several K-12 public and Catholic schools. If you’ve always dreamed of living, working, and playing in a rich and diverse huge natural playground where you see an abundance of wildlife, watch the breathtaking Northern Lights, and explore the majestic Rocky Mountains right at your doorstep, apply today! Description: As a Health Care Aide (HCA), you will work as a collaborative member of the multi-disciplinary team providing personal assistance including supporting activities of daily living and support services to patients (clients, residents) who require short-term assistance or ongoing support, in accordance with the patient care plan and facility policies and procedures. In this position you will work closely with patients, families, and caregivers spanning the continuum of care in home, community or health care facilities assisting nurses with the provision of routine care to meet patients' hygiene, nutrition, mobility, recreation and safety needs, assisting with organized activities or programs and observing and reporting on a patient's mood, health, and wellbeing. Working under a regulated health professional you will be assisting in the maintenance of a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors, and maintaining effective communication with patients and health professionals

• Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
• Classification: Health Care Aide
• Union: AUPE AUX
• Unit and Program: Home Care
• Primary Location: Whitecourt Healthcare Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.80
• Posting End Date: 09-OCT-2025
• Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Part Time
• Date Available: 19-OCT-2025
• Temporary End Date: 19-JAN-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 48
• Shift Pattern: Days, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $20.78
• Maximum Salary: $26.03
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications: Completion of Health Care Aide Certificate within 18 months of hire and active directory status on the Alberta Health Care Aide Directory. Must provide a confirmation letter as proof of enrolment from the Directory at https://www.albertahcadirectory.com/health-care-aides/confirmation/. Nursing students currently enrolled in an approved Alberta nursing program who have successfully completed a minimum of 100 hours of practicum; and are either in their 1st year of practical nursing program; or 2nd year of baccalaureate nursing or psychiatric nursing program will be considered. Must attest to this compliance and provide proof of qualification Additional Required Qualifications: Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) Preferred Qualifications: As required.