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The Opportunity

Truro, NS
Healthcare
Experienced
Full-time

Location: The Mira

Job Description: CCA/PCW -Full-Time, Part time and Casual

Also open to RN/LPN and CCA students

A member of the interdisciplinary resident care team

Become a member of the GEM family! We offer an inclusive and welcoming work environment with competitive benefits, a generous vacation plan and plenty of learning opportunities. At GEM we strive to provide the best care, service, and quality of life for our residents in a safe, dignified, home-like environment. From housekeeping to administering medication, our staff is both the foundation and the face of our business.

What you'll do

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

  • · Provide personal hygiene, oral care, skin care, toileting, bathing, feeding, dressing and grooming
  • · Maintain confidentiality concerning residents, staff and organizational information
  • · Work within the NSAHO Scope of Practice
  • · Provide companionship and emotional support to residents
  • · Maintain a safe and clean environment, adhering to facility infection control policies

What you'll need

Qualifications

Qualifications:

  • Reliable with a good attendance record and cheerful disposition
  • Personal care of residents including restorative care and the ability to lift up to 50lbs
  • Maintenance of a clean and sanitary environment
  • Effective communication, both written and verbal in English
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality concerning residents, staff and organizational information
  • Must take initiative and be able to work with minimal supervision
  • Respectful and hardworking team player with a professional and courteous manner
  • CCAs will work within the NSAHO Scope of Practice
  • Will be accepting RN, LPN and CCA students

Training & Experience:

  • Standard First Aid or Basic Life Support - CPR / Choking - Adult
  • Successful completion of CCA/PCW course
  • Alzheimer course preferred
  • Successful applicants must have successfully completed a CCA, First Aid and CPR course and be computer literate
  • Experience in a similar environment is considered an asset

We're looking for

Core Skills

Confidentiality Emotional Leasing Skin Support

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A little bit about us

GEM Health Care Group

GEM Health Care Group is a Nova Scotian, family run business which has been enhancing the lives of seniors in the communities where they operate since 1979.
We continue to remain a leader in transforming how health care is delivered to seniors in Nova Scotia and we strive to provide the best care, service, and quality of life for our residents in a safe, dignified, home-like environment.
GEM currently operates various levels of seniors' care facilities throughout Nova Scotia, Ontario, and in Hollywood, Florida.

Are you interested?

Work With Us

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Casual

Pay: Up to $48,000.00 per year - Wages based on UNIFOR contract.

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Dental care
  • Employee assistance program
  • Extended health care
  • On-site parking
  • Paid time off
  • Schedule:
  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Night shift

Supplemental Pay:

Overtime pay