Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $31.64 - $31.64 / hour

Job Summary

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Detailed Overview

Provides personal care and/or assists patients with activities of daily living, including assisting with meals and feeding of designated patients; provides one on one personal care and observation of designated patients as directed by the Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RN/RPN); reports observations of patients' conditions to designated nursing staff; facilitates patients' participation in psychosocial rehabilitation activities; accompanies patients to offsite appointments and transports patients by operating passenger vehicle as required.

Responsibilities

• Provides personal care and/or assists patients with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, prosthetics and elimination.
• Assists patients in making beds, organizing personal belongings, personal laundry as assists patients in retrieving personal care supplies from storage area as required.
• Assists patients with meals by serving and collecting meal trays; monitors patient safety and assists with feeding of designated patients.
• Weighs patients, monitors patients' nutritional/fluid intake and elimination and collects specimens as directed. Charts information and reports problems and/or changes to designated nursing staff.
• Provides one on one personal care and observation of designated patients as directed by the Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RN/RPN).
• Assists nursing staff with care of patients in seclusion rooms as directed by the RN/RPN including assisting with activities of daily living and delivering food.
• Reports observations of patients' conditions to designated nursing staff in accordance with established procedures/practices and records observations on the patient health care record.
• Participates in team meetings and ward rounds as directed and provides feedback on observations related to patient care provided for designated patients.
• As directed by the RN/RPN or Occupational Therapist, facilitates patients' participation in psychosocial rehabilitation activities by methods such as setting schedules and participating in scheduled individual and group activities.
• Escorts patients off unit for treatment or diagnostic procedures; transports patients utilizing mechanical aids such as wheelchairs and/or stretchers.
• Accompanies patients to offsite appointments to provide assistance as required.
• Participates in orientating patients, families, staff, volunteers, and students to the unit by familiarizing them with the layout of the unit, patient rooms and unit routines.
• Assists care team without routine search of rooms and client belongings in order to maintain unit safety.
• Assists patients with retrieval/storage and/or relocation of personal effects to different rooms within the unit.
• Participates in quality improvement activities as assigned by providing input and feedback on department initiatives.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Grade 10 plus graduation from a recognized Mental Health Care Worker Program or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers. We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner. Together, we are the heart of health care.

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