Health Care Aide

Take patients’ blood pressure, temperature and pulse; weight lift, turn and position patients; supervise patients exercise routines, administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas; bathe, dress and groom patients; transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher, answer call signals; prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas; administer first aid in emergency situations; accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort; Supply and empty bed pans; serve meal trays and feed patients; deliver messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments; make beds and maintain patients' rooms; transport patients between care facilities,; assist with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment.