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Summary:
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As a member of the health care team, the Personal Support Worker provides/supports residents’ personal care.
COMPLIES WITH FACILITY POLICIES & PROCEDURES WHILE CARRYING OUT THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Attends and participates in residents’ conferences.
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Assists in admission, transfer and discharge/death of residents.
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Assists in the process of identification of residents’ personal clothing/glasses/dentures.
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Strips and makes beds.
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Maintains residents’ rooms as clean and tidy, including personal belongings in wardrobe and bureau.
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Porters and escorts residents as needed.
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Removes soiled linen and garbage from nursing unit and delivers to appropriate locations. Exchanges linen care for clean one.
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Keeps service areas clean, i.e. utility room and linen room.
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Cleans equipment, including bed pans, commode chairs, geriatric trays, wheelchairs and any other equipment required for residents’ care.
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Assists in serving meals and nourishments, feeds residents and reports/records residents’ appetite accurately.
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Adheres to residents’ care plans.
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Uses proper body mechanics with positioning, turning residents in bed and transferring by using single-person, two-person transfer and mechanical lifts.
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Provides personal hygiene to residents.
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Provides bed/ tub baths and showers and additional skin care as identified on the care plan or directed by registered staff.
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Assists residents with toiletting - bed pan, condom catheter, suppositories and colostomy care.
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Cares for incontinent resident - perineal care and continent supply changes.
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Collects specimens as directed.
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Cares for residents using oxygen concentrators/ tanks.
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Weighs residents and records on appropriate form.
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Explains smoking rules to residents and discusses any concerns relating to residents’ safety to registered staff.
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Provides active and passive range of motion exercises, body mechanics and body alignment to promote resident health and comfort.
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Applies, removes and cares for eye glasses, dentures, hearing aids, other, i.e. artificial eye.
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Initiates first aid measures and calls a registered staff for assessment.
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Assists residents with ambulation through the use of walkers, canes and wheelchairs.
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Observes, reports and records on appropriate worksheets, care provided and any incidents, accidents or changes in condition and behaviours to the nurse in charge.
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Cooperates with other departments while performing daily duties.
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Attends in-services and educational programs as assigned.
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Orientates new staff and assists with student training. Assigns work, monitors quality, performance issues of students, volunteers and new staff.
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Performs other related duties as assigned.
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