Position Overview Experience
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Previous patient/resident care experience preferred.
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Minimum Grade 10 education, Manitoba standards, required.
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Successful completion of a recognized Health Care Aide course required.
Qualifications and Skills
- Roles and responsibilities of members of the health care team.
- Principles of personal care/rehab care/dementia care/chronic care.
- Ability to organize and prioritize assigned workload.
- Ability to recognize and pursue self-development opportunities.
- Ability to respond to a variety of simultaneous demands.
- Ability to perform as a team member and seek assistance as necessary.
- Demonstrates patient/resident focused care.
- Demonstrates initiative, flexibility, reliability and creativity.
- Functions effectively within a changing environment and an interdisciplinary team.
- English fluency in both written and verbal communication.
Physical Requirements
- Involves physical activities such as standing, transferring, and transporting patients/residents and equipment.
- May encounter aggressive and/or agitated individuals.
- May encounter exposure to disease, toxic materials, noise, allergens etc.
- Requires shift work, extended working hours.
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
