Health Care Aide

Your Opportunity:

AHS is the largest acute care service provider in Alberta and is part of a fully integrated health system. AHS’ Stollery Children’s Hospital (Stollery) in Edmonton, is a full-service pediatric quaternary care hospital. It is associated with the University of Alberta campus where multidisciplinary health program students are trained, and health research is facilitated. It is the only specialized healthcare facility for infants, children and youth in central and northern Alberta and has among the highest inpatient and acute ambulatory service volumes of any children’s hospital in Canada. The Health Care Aid (HCA) reports to the manager of Capacity Planning & Permanent Inpatient Float pool. The program accepts patients from birth to 18 years of age (with some overage exceptions) and the patient population may include (not limited to) surgical, cardiac, gastrointestinal, medicine, oncology, pulmonology, nephrology, neurosurgical and overflow demand from other ambulatory pediatric care programs requiring access to care. In collaboration with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams, the HCA is responsible for delivering care by supporting activities of daily living, assisting with assessments and procedures, providing comfort measures, & documenting care in the patient record. Other duties include portering, specimen delivery, maintaining inventory, ordering supplies, cleaning and maintaining equipment, & monitoring unit tidiness. The successful applicant will be oriented and cross-trained to all in patient units across the Stollery to support staffing challenges on the units. As a member of the ‘float’ team, this role involves ‘floating’ to any inpatient unit where there is a staffing need.

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.