Health Care Job Long term care aide 080509 in Edmonton

Title: Long term care aide  

Terms of Employment: Permanent, Part Time, Shift, Weekend, Day, Night, Evening

Salary: To be negotiated, As per collective agreement

Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible

Location: Edmonton North, Alberta (3 vacancies ) 

Skill Requirements:


Education: Some high school


Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.): Not required, Continuing care assistant certification


Experience: Experience an asset


Languages: Speak English, Read English, Write English


Work Setting: Home for the aged, Nursing or convalescent home


Specific Skills: Lift, turn or massage patients, Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas, Bathe, dress and groom patients, Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher, Answer call signals, Collect specimens


Additional Skills: Supply and empty bed pans, Serve meal trays and feed patients, Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens, Make beds and maintain patients' rooms


Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Fast-paced environment, Work under pressure, Repetitive tasks, Physically demanding, Manual dexterity, Attention to detail, Ability to distinguish between colours, Sound discrimination, Standing for extended periods, Combination of sitting, standing, walking, Bending, crouching, kneeling, Walking


Transportation/Travel Information: Own transportation


Essential Skills: Reading text, Document use, Writing, Oral communication, Working with others, Problem solving, Decision making, Critical thinking, Job task planning and organizing, Significant use of memory, Finding information, Continuous learning


Other Information:Location of work is in Somerset.

Employer: Extendicare (Canada) Inc.

How to Apply:


Please apply for this job only in the manner specified by the employer. Failure to do so may result in your application not being properly considered for the position.


Contact Name: Marilyn Wood
By Mail: 
8657-51st Ave, suite 306Edmonton, AlbertaT6E 6A8
In Person between 9:00 and 17:00: 

8657-51st Ave, suite 306
Edmonton, Alberta
T6E 6A8
By Phone: between 9:00 and 17:00: (780) 468-7210 ext. 227
By Fax: (780) 462-9356
By E-mail: RecruitmentWest@extendicare.com
Online: http://www.extendicare.com
Web Site: http://www.extendicare.com

Advertised until: 2009/05/31