Employment Information
- Post ID: 209207395
- Open Date: September 18, 2025
- Close Date: October 30, 2025 (open for 41 days)
- Organization: Valley Prime Caregivers Inc
- Sector: Childcare & Caregiving
- Business Location:Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Total Views: 396
- Ad Active Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
- Last Updated: 1 hour ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/nova-scotia/kentville/209207395/continuing-care-assistant/
Job Details
- Experience: 7 months - 1 year
- Job Vacancies: 12
- Compensation: $22.10 to $23.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 60 to 80 hours per 2 weeks
- Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
- Education: High school graduation certificate
Job Description
Tasks
- Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
- Perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
- Perform other duties related to personal care
- Supply and empty bed pans
- Take patients’ blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Serve meal trays and feed patients
- Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
- Deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
- Make beds and maintain patients’ rooms
- Supervise patients’ exercise routines
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Bathe, dress and groom patients
- Transport patients between care facilities
- Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
- Administer first aid in emergency situations
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Geriatric Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Nursing Aide Certificate
- Health Care Aide Certificate
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site housing options
- Other benefits
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available