Continuing Care Assistant

Position #: 000616

Expected Start Date: July 28, 2024

Union: SEIU

Facility: Outlook Health Centre

City/Town: Outlook

Department: Residential Care Unit

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days, Nights, Evenings, Weekends

Hours of Work: 448.00 hours per 12 week rotation

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: No

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band 12 $23.170 to $24.840 (3 step range)

Job Description:

Provides personal care and activities of daily living for clients/patients/residents to encourage optimum level of functioning. Supports clients/patients/residents in meeting their physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs.

Travel Required: No

Human Resources Exemption: No

Education

• Continuing Care Assistant certificate (CCA)

Competencies

• Communication skills
• Basic - Computer skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Organizational skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to work independently

Other Information

• Valid driver's license, where required
• Official Description at: //www.working-for-health.ca/supportjobevaluation
• Food Safe certificate, where required
• Continuing Care Assistant from SK Polytechnic; or Health Care Aide Certificate from SK Indian Institute of Technology (SIIT); or Personal Care Aide Certificate from Saskatoon Business College (SBC); or an equivalent program.
• May consider hiring untrained resident attendants who will be required to obtain the SK Polytechnic Continuing Care Assistant Certificate or an equivalent program as identified above within two (2) years at her/his own expense.  Untrained applicants enrolled in the CCA certificate program and who have completed the personal care course are preferred.