Personal Support Worker

Position summary

Duties

• Assist patients with feeding, lifts and transfers, bathing, skin care, oral hygiene, and toileting.
• Perform appropriately trained tasks assigned or delegated by an RN or RPN, with required oversight and in compliance with the RHPA.
• Communicate and demonstrate basic information according to a patient's established Plan of Care.
• Report and document unsafe conditions, equipment issues, and patient behavioral, physical, or cognitive changes to a regulated health provider, following hospital safety plans and policies.
• Complete and maintain patient records and progress notes according to hospital policy.

Qualifications

• Current registration with the Health and Supportive Care Providers Oversight Authority (HSCPOA).
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certificate.
• Excellent computer skills, a good attendance record, and proficiency in English.
• Ability to handle daily mild to moderate physical exertion, including standing, walking, climbing, reaching, and frequent movement.
• Behavioral management training such as PIECES, U-First, or CPI is an asset.
• Acute care and/or previous rehabilitation experience is an asset.

Compensation

• Pay is $31.89 per hour; the start rate is non-negotiable.

Schedule and status

• Permanent part-time position, 45 hours per pay period.
• Shifts are 8 or 12 hours, rotating across days, evenings, nights, and weekends; shifts are subject to change.

Workplace

• The position is based at Hillcrest Reactivation Centre in Toronto.

Benefits

• UHN notes pension-plan membership, transit and shuttle access, development opportunities, and various corporate discounts and other perks.