Job Description

We are currently hiring Part-Time Personal Support Workers (PSW) for Community Care in our Assisted Living Facility/for Community CareSE Health PSWs are the best of the best. We provide care, companionship, household management, and daily living support to clients in their homes. When you choose to join SE Health, you join a diverse and collaborative care team where youxe2x80x99ll apply your skills xe2x80x93 and your heart xe2x80x93 to provide services to a roster of clients in your community. Youxe2x80x99ll apply a client-centered approach to address clientsxe2x80x99 physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual needs. Youxe2x80x99ll make a difference in their lives, and theyxe2x80x99ll make a difference in yours!Why join our team?

• Competitive Compensation. Our Total Rewards package includes a competitive salary, group benefits, RRSP pension, and exclusive perks/discounts available only to SE Health staff.
• Develop yourself with SE. We have education bursaries, Tuition Assistance Programs, continuing education, training, and professional development to support your life-long learning. Youxe2x80x99ll benefit from our orientation and mentorship programs. Our clinical practice and nursing teams will support you with comprehensive care plans and modern models of care that will mean youxe2x80x99ll always be supported to provide the best possible care to your clients.
• Grow your career. SE health is a large national organization with diverse healthcare business lines. Youxe2x80x99ll have an opportunity xe2x80x93 and will be supported xe2x80x93 to do different types of roles in different locations if that is what youxe2x80x99re interested in. Or you can pivot to supporting or leadership positions where you can use your skills to contribute and make an impact in different ways.
• Manage your life. At SE, youxe2x80x99ll have the flexibility to manage your schedule to balance your life. Youxe2x80x99ll be supported with the time you need to meet the needs of your clients, meet your own needs, develop yourself and your career, and to be part of a team.
• Subsidized OPSWA memberships

Requirements:QUALIFICATIONS:

• Personal Support Worker certificate
• Current Vulnerable Sector Police Check
• Must be able to work scheduled shifts as well as provide back-up to others
• Ability to work independently without direct supervision
• Ability to work in and promote a positive and supportive team environment
• Demonstrated exemplary communication skills both verbal and written
• Computer literacy is a requisite
• Demonstrated leadership experience

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs skills as per standards for Personal Support Worker (PSW)
• Carries the main PSW phone when on shift, follows up on all calls and emergencies and PSW team and updates regularly via computer
• Effectively leads agency staff in the provision of client care as per client care plan and under the direction of the SSC and SE RPN Manager as appropriate
• Shadow and train new staff, share updates at shift change huddles
• Ensure a key count is completed at each shift
• Storage of reports, education information, communications
• Print the necessary documents needed for client files, 24-hour report, keep master copies up to date
• Appropriate and timely communications with SE RPN Manager/SSC/PSWxe2x80x99s regarding client issues/concerns
• Appropriate and timely communications with clients and family members
• Appropriate and timely communications with supervisor regarding staff performance issues

File management:

• Document and communicate in clientsxe2x80x99 health records according to agency and Halton Region policy and ensure staff team is documenting and maintaining files
• Record new and appropriate client information in the communication book, i.e., clients returning home from hospital, PRN needed, etc.
• Collaborate with SSC for file maintenance and storage of closed files and yearly file thinning
• Ensure staff are shredding confidential client information that is copied and used during each shift, such as client task schedules
• Help to keep Emergency Binder up to date. Assists agency scheduler with staff scheduling, book off, and sick calls
• Problem-solves with clients and families

About Us:At SE, we love what we do. Every day, we bring hope and happiness to clients, homes, and communities across Canada. We treat each person with dignity and love, like our own family; we build empathy; and we do the right thing. We are always inspired to make a difference. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we share knowledge, provide the best care, and help each client to realize their most meaningful goals for health and wellbeing. We are an inclusive workplace offering competitive pay, benefits, pension, and work life balance. Wexe2x80x99re a great place to work, and we hope youxe2x80x99ll join our team.In the interest of the health and safety of our patients/clients, employees, and greater good of public health, SE Health requires those that wish to work for this organization to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Fully vaccinated means a person has received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and it has been 14 days since the last dose.SE Health is committed to the success of all its employees. If you feel you need accommodations because of illness or disability, please do not hesitate to contact the Talent Acquisition team at at your earliest convenience.

Saint Elizabeth Health Care