Employment Status Part Time - PermanentHeader We provide housing and a range of support services to adults with low or no income who have few, if any, housing or support options.
Because the people we serve have challenges meeting basic needs and goals, we place minimal barriers between them and our services.
For more information about Lookout, please visit www.lookoutsociety.caLocation Acorn House 25 minute walk from Oakridge 41st Avenue Station Days and Hours of work Sunday through Monday Shift times will be 1400 - 2200 Hours Shifts are 7.5 hours in length Days of rest shall be consecutive.
Schedule may change with two weeks’ notice Probationary/qualifying period will be 488 hours with mid and end point reviewsSalary $29.62 - 31.40 depending upon applicants' length of seniority (as per the Collective Agreement) Job Summary Under the direction of the Program Manager or designate, the Medical Care Aide will provide support to guests with complex needs who may be experiencing deteriorating physical health, in accordance with the mission and philosophy of Lookout Housing and Health Society, including following Lookout’s Code of Ethics.
The Medical Care Aide will ensure respectful and dignified personalized supports for varying levels of required care including activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living in a residential setting, ultimately supporting individuals to age in place as desired.
This position requires successful completion of respirator fit testing, as Lookout is COR (Certificate of Recognition) certified and must comply with WorkSafeBC health and safety requirements.
To ensure a proper respirator seal during fit testing and use, employees are required to be clean-shaven where the respirator seals against the face.
Job Duties
Receives requests for emergency relief coverage, allocates and calls in relief staff to fill vacancies resulting from unfilled positions, in accordance with Lookout’s Casual Availability Policy and Procedure and the Collective Agreement Inputs casual availability updates into employee database (Success Factors) and tracks any changes by running reports and notifying Site Manager or designate Performs record management such as call records and attendance records as related to casual staff Corresponds to staff directly during telephone callouts and conversations as well as corresponds electronically through email Gathers and compiles information as required Assists guests with their activities of daily living such as feeding, transferring in an out of a bed or chair, bathing, skin care, oral hygiene and toileting.
Assists guests with their instrumental activities of daily living such as cleaning and sanitizing personal spaces, changing and making beds, doing laundry, keeping various personal supplies organized and stocked.
