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Nurse Aide

Be part of our team!

Palisade Gardens is a great place to work! Our friendly team and relaxed environment are ideal. We support and train individuals to be their best and maximize their potential.

Are you adaptable, compassionate, loving, and hard-working? This may be your calling! We would like to hear from you!

We are currently looking for 5 full-time Nurse Aides to join our growing family. Our Nurse Aide team provides utmost personal care to our residents and their families.

As a Nurse Aide, your duties would include:

• Assisting in providing direct care for patients such as administering bedside and personal care, bathing, personal hygiene, and dressing and undressing,
• Assisting with dining services and supporting patients in eating their meals with the consideration of special diets,
• Assisting in performing routine health-related duties, if needed, which may include changing of non-sterile dressings, collecting specimens under general supervision of RN,
• Performing routine housekeeping duties such as making beds and tiding patients’ common areas,
• Providing emotional and social support to patients/families, which may include palliative care,
• Working with various team members in meeting the needs of our patients and their loved ones

The ideal candidates for our team will have the following qualifications and skills:

• At least 7 months of experience in the field or in a similar healthcare related role;
• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate, personal support worker, nursing aide or health care aide college or private institutional program, or a college nursing orderly program and supervised practical training, would be an asset
• First Aid Certificate would be an asset;
• Knowledge and experience in elderly care planning systems and documentation required,
• Ability to communicate positively with other staff, residents, and families,
• Good English Language skills

What we are offering:

Hourly rate of $20.79  for full-time hours: 40 hours/week (Temporary position)

Extended Medical, Dental, and Subsidized Plan Benefits

Location of work: 240 Chapel Street, Cobourg, ON, K9A 0E3

Interested applicants should apply directly through this posting. We would like to thank all applicants for your interest in being part of our growing team! Only those applicants selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted for an interview.

We welcome those applicants with disability related to needs – Please provide notice of your need for accommodation to the hiring manager upon scheduling of an interview.