Health Care Aide

🔍 Calgary Zone, Okotoks, Okotoks

📁: Nursing - Health Care Aide

📅   : ALB00116173 Requisition #

📅   : Aug 27, 2019 Post Date

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Classification: Health Care Aide

Union: AUPE AUX

Department: (BDO) HOME HEALTH AIDES

Primary Location: Okotoks

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 1.00

Posting End Date: 05-SEP-2019

Temporary Employee Class: Temp Full Time

Date Available: 16-SEP-2019

Temporary End Date: 23-DEC-2019

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 4

Shifts per cycle: 20

Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $19.92

Maximum Salary: $24.21

Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:

- As a condition of employment at AHS, you must be enrolled in the Government of Alberta-Health Care Aide Directory and provide evidence of your enrollment at time of hire and annually thereafter. For more information on the Alberta Health Care Aide Directory, please visit: www.albertahcadirectory.com. - In addition, you must meet one of the following Alberta Health Services (AHS) Health Care Aide (HCA) competency requirement and provide evidence at time of hire: a) Certified - certified as a Health Care Aide through a Government of Alberta licensed post-secondary institution using the Provincial Health Care Aide Curriculum; or b) Substantially Equivalent - an educational background deemed equivalent as compared to the approved Provincial Health Care Aide Curriculum; or c) Deemed Competent - assessed as competent by an Alberta regulated nurse, using the Provincial Competency Assessment Profile Tool.

Additional Required Qualifications:

The candidate must have Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) from Heart and Stroke Foundation within the last 12 months. In addition, the candidate must be effective in verbal and written English, have well developed time management skills, demonstrates effective interpersonal and communication skills with patients/clients, families, visitors and team members. This candidate must demonstrate the ability to work as a member of a team (including requesting and accepting direction as required). Handling, moving and lifting heavy or awkward equipment and/or individuals is required for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will be enrolled with the HCA Directory, have a Medication Assistance Certificate or prior experience in Medication Assistance and have experience in the health care field working with older or chronically ill individuals in a community base setting.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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