We are currently recruiting for a Casual/Backup and live in 24-hour caregiver to assist a 69 year old private male employer who is a Quadriplegic C4/C5 SCI and who is ventilator dependent with all personal care.
The employer is a marine engineer and enjoys watching TV, sports racing, water sports, and documentaries as well as boating and fishing.
The candidate must be attentive and prepared to respond to alert signals.
Location:
Shifts & Hours of Work:
Start day(as soon as possible):
- Thursdays 9:00am to 9:00am
Casual/Back Up shifts:
- Casual/back up 24 hour shifts (2-3 days a week) 9:00am - 9:00am - Can be called in at anytime
- It can carry on as a regular shift as required and lead to full time
- Training with staff; Can be registered with PROP for a 2 day course on Ventilator use
Compensation:
- $490 per day during training
Responsibilities will include (but may not be limited to):
- Physical transfers
- Personal hygiene, bed baths, wound care, dressing and undressing
- Ostomy bag cleaning and changing the bag (Be ready for accidental issues, draining, continuous checking. Leg bag use, maintenance. Bladder flushing, Catheter changing.)
- Ventilator care maintenance: at anytime of the day, documentation, answering alarms, continuous checking of tubing, suction of lungs when required
- Peg line tube: use and maintenance, feeding and medication preparation and administration via peg line
- Responding to alert signals
- Meal preparation and light housekeeping
Required Qualifications:
- Responding to alert signals
- Prop training
- Caregiving experience preferred
- Willingness to train with staff on Hospital Ostomy, Tube feeding, Ventilator and Suctioning. Experience highly preferred
If you are interested in this position and meet all the required qualifications, please apply directly to this job posting.
If you can view this job posting, we are still accepting applications for this position. Please note that we do recruit on an ongoing basis for each of our clients.
Thank you for applying for our position but all shortlisted applicants will be contacted via email.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $490.00 per day
Application question(s):
- Are you able to perform physical transfers if needed?
- How will you be commuting?
- Please provide the best email to contact you on.
- Yes or No- Are you comfortable assisting an individual with personal care (Assisting someone with personal hygiene, grooming, feeding, light housekeeping, meal prep, etc)?
- How many years of caregiving experience do you have?
- Do you have Ostomy bag experience?
- Do you have Ventilator and Suctioning experience?
- Do you have Peg Line Tube experience?
- Do you have experience with clients with C4-C5 SCI/Quadriplegic?
- Please specify your status in Canada (Work permit, Study permit, Permanent resident or Canadian citizen)
- How much weight can you safely lift unaided? (No lifts or transfers available)
Work Location: In person
