Job Title: Personal Support Worker
Position Status: Part Time
Division: Long-Term Care
Facility: Marshall Gowland Manor, Lambton Meadowview Villa, or North Lambton Lodge
City: Sarnia, Petrolia or Forest, Ontario, Canada
Number of Positions: 15
Hours of Work: As scheduled
Wage Rate: $23.40 - $25.64/Hour
Date Posted: May 27, 2019
Closing Date: September 02, 2019
*Please Note: This is an open job posting. Applications will be reviewed when vacancies become available. The County of Lambton has 3 Long-Term Care Homes, which include Marshall Gowland Manor (UNIFOR 302) in Sarnia, Lambton Meadowview Villa (CUPE 2557) in Petrolia, and North Lambton Lodge (CUPE 2557) in Forest. A Personal Support Worker position is only required to work at one Home.*
The County of Lambton is an urban-rural area in southwestern Ontario that is home to over 126,000 residents. The Corporation's seven divisions operate programs and services for the residents of Lambton County such as land ambulance, provincial offences court, three Long-Term Care Homes, 25 library branches, two museums, an art gallery, archives, local roadways, public health services, housing services, social services, building services and planning and development services. Lambton County is a community dedicated to economic growth, environmental stewardship and an enhanced quality of life through the provision of responsive and efficient services and collaborative efforts with its municipal and community partners.
Position Overview
Provide personal care to residents and help them with all individual daily care to keep them independent as long as possible; and maintain quality of life for residents by providing a clean, healthy, safe environment.
Duties and Responsibilities
Personal Care to Residents:
• Bath, toilet, change briefs, brush teeth, dress, groom, provide hair and nail care, social/personal interaction, feed, make beds and provide privacy in a dignified manner
• Communicate and try to obtain cooperation from residents, co-workers, family members, supervisors
Clean:
• Maintain the cleanliness of the resident rooms and work spaces by cleaning wheelchairs, catheter bags, commodes/urinals, wash basins, care carts, beds, bed changes, bed side tables, closets, razors, and bathrooms
• Distribute clean linens and towels
• Clean mechanical equipment commodes, urinals, sinks and tubs
Delivery of Meals:
• Feed and/or assist with feeding residents
• Open cartons, cut food, place items within reach
• Push and distribution of the snack cart to the residents’ rooms
• Porter meals to residents’ rooms
Transferring and Lifting:
• Portering residents to dining rooms, bedrooms, activities
• Lift garbage and linen bags for disposal
• Transfer residents from bed to wheel chair etc.
• Use mechanical lifts to reposition residents to and from lounge chairs/wheelchairs, beds, commodes tub chairs etc.
• Repositioning residents in bed
• Application and removal of lift slings when using mechanical lifts
• Walk, exercise residents as per care plans or as directed
Charting and Reporting:
• Input to HCA and Dietary Flow sheets to ensure all ADL of residents have been completed
• Complete meal and snack sheets daily to ensure residents are receiving appropriate caloric intake
• Cleaning schedule and maintenance book
• Report to Charge Nurse or RPN any resident situation that may occur during the shift
• Complete audits as assigned by the Resident Care Supervisor
General:
• Incumbents must keep up-to-date on all relevant legislation, collective bargaining agreements, County Policies and Procedures, etc. ensuring that these are implemented as prescribed
• Incumbents must possess the physical ability to meet the duties and responsibilities of the job description and/or the requirements identified within the position's Physical Demands Analysis
These describe the general nature and level of work being performed by incumbents in this classification. They are not an exhaustive list of all job duties in the classification. Other duties may be assigned.
Supervision Requirements
Direct Supervision: None
Indirect Supervision: None
Functional Authority: May provide guidance and support to students or to orient new employees
Qualifications
Minimum Formal Education:
• Personal Support Worker Certificate
Experience:
• None
See above
