Careers at Niagara Health

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Job Title:

PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER, CPT

Posted Date:

2025-01-23

Closing Date:

2025-01-29

Functional Discipline:

COMPLEX CARE

Job Description

VACANCY DETAILS

VACANCY NUMBER: 00000039440BA

JOB TITLE: PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER, CPT
STATUS: CASUAL PART TIME
DEPARTMENT: COMPLEX CARE
LOCATION: FORT ERIE SITE
HOURS OF WORK: ON CALL AS NEEDED; 0700-1900, CONTINENTAL ROTATION

POSTING DATE: 23 JANUARY 2025
CLOSING DATE: 29 JANUARY 2025

UNION: SERVICE EMPLOYEE'S INTERNATIONAL UNION-SERVICE
WAGE RANGE: $28.973 TO $30.364 PER HOUR

POSITION OBJECTIVE:
The Personal Support Worker functions as a nursing team member assisting the patients in the Hospital to meet their basic physical, social, and emotional needs, along with any other duties that may be required within the scope of the classification. Shift rotations are subject to change. The successful candidate will be required to do patient transports.

QUALIFICATIONS:
o Secondary School Diploma or equivalent
o Successful completion of the Personal Support Worker Program or equivalent education as a RN student completion of year 2 or greater, RPN student completion of term 2 or greater
o Current CPR
o One year experience working as a Personal Support Worker in a healthcare setting
o Demonstrated commitment to patient/client centred care
o Excellent verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with patients, families, and other members of the healthcare team
o Evidence of effective customer service, organizational, interpersonal, judgment and decision-making skills
o Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
o Flexible, self-directed and able to work effectively with minimal supervision
o Must be available for all shifts, vacation replacement, sick time and paid holidays
o Proficiency in both official languages (English and French) will be considered an asset
o Consistent and regular attendance required

Questions, quoting the job posting number, may be directed to hrrecruit@niagarahealth.on.ca

At Niagara Health, we value diversity, equity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all people. We are especially interested in hearing from you if you are excited about being part of a respectful and hard-working team in the beautiful Niagara Region, have a passion for service and excellence in healthcare, have a background or related expertise in the healthcare environment, supporting patient care and providing extraordinary customer-service.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Niagara Health will provide accommodations through the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

At Niagara Health, we are committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion. As a part of this work, we collect information on Ontario Human Rights Code grounds and non-Code grounds in order to: hire and retain diverse talent, prevent and/or address systemic barriers to access and opportunity, improve service delivery and programs and advance diversity and inclusion overall. All identification questions are optional and include a "prefer not to answer" option.

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