Job Overview
Big Hearts Home Healthcare is seeking an experienced and reliable Health Care Assistant (HCA) to provide specialized complex care support for a client in Richmond, BC.
The client requires a compassionate caregiver who is skilled in total care, mobility assistance, and wound/VAC care support. This is an opportunity to provide meaningful one-on-one care while helping the client maintain safety, comfort, and independence at home.
Position Details:
- Location: Richmond, BC
- Schedule: 12-hour shifts every Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Client Type: Total care / Quadriplegic client
Responsibilities:
- Provide total personal care and daily living assistance.
- Assist with mobility using a mechanical lift and support with powered wheelchair needs.
- Support safe transfers, positioning, and mobility routines.
- Assist with bowel care routines, including suppository administration and digital rectal stimulation.
- Provide catheter care, including condom catheter management.
- Monitor and report changes in the client’s condition.
- Support VAC (Vacuum-Assisted Closure) machine monitoring according to care instructions.
- Follow wound care instructions and communicate concerns to the appropriate healthcare team.
- Assist with feeding, personal hygiene, and other activities of daily living.
- Maintain accurate care documentation.
- Provide compassionate, respectful, and client-centered support.
Requirements:
- Valid HCA certification and experience with complex care.
- Experience supporting clients with quadriplegia or spinal cord injuries is an asset.
- Experience with:
- Mechanical lifts
- Powered wheelchairs
- Total/complex care
- Condom catheter care
- Bowel care routines
- VAC machine monitoring
- Valid Class 5 driver's license (With own Car) - Must have
- Reliable personal vehicle required.
- Strong communication skills and professional attitude.
- Ability to work independently and provide consistent care.
If you are an experienced HCA looking for a rewarding complex care opportunity, please send your resume highlighting your relevant experience.
Big Hearts Home Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer.
This role requires a caring individual committed to providing high-quality complex care services. Candidates should possess a strong sense of responsibility, patience, and respect for client dignity. The position offers an enriching opportunity to support vulnerable populations through professional caregiving practices.
Pay: $17.94-$38.15 per hour
Benefits:
Application question(s):
- Do you currently hold a valid Health Care Assistant (HCA) certificate and are you registered with the BC Care Aide Registry?
- This position requires a male caregiver providing care to a male quadriplegic client. Are you comfortable working in this type of care environment?
- Do you have experience providing total care/complex care for clients with high physical support needs?
- Do you have experience using mechanical lifts (ceiling lifts or Hoyer lifts) and assisting with transfers?
- Do you have experience supporting clients who use a powered wheelchair?
- Do you have experience with catheter care, including condom catheter management?
- Do you have experience with bowel care, including suppository administration and digital rectal stimulation?
- Do you have experience monitoring or supporting clients with a VAC (Vacuum-Assisted Closure) wound therapy machine?
If no, are you willing and able to learn this skill?
- Do you have a valid Class 5 driver's license and access to your own reliable vehicle?
- Are you available to work 12-hour shifts every Monday, Thursday, and Friday in Richmond?
- What is your earliest availability to start?
Work Location: In person
