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activity worker - health support services

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Employer details Embassy West Senior Living

Job details

  • LocationOttawa, ON
  • Workplace information On site
  • Salary18.00 hourly / 40 hours per week
  • Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
  • Starts as soon as possible
  • vacancies 1 vacancy
  • Source Job Bank #3156069

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Administer eye drops, ointments and medications as directed by ophthalmologists
  • Assist health care professionals
  • Carry out treatment programs, under the direction of physiotherapists and/or occupational therapists, to rehabilitate patients with various injuries or disabilities
  • Follow through on treatment programs with patients
  • Help orthopedic surgeons
  • Help physical therapists
  • Maintain inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products
  • Maintain prescription records
  • Operate ophthalmic testing and measuring instruments
  • Position patients for treatments by chiropractor or machine
  • Record test results and medications given by ophthalmologists
  • Set up and dismantle equipment
  • Apply and adjust casts, splints and bandages
  • Clean and maintain equipment
  • Compound, package and label pharmaceutical products
  • Lay out surgical instruments
  • Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies
  • Reassemble equipment and assemble packs of sterile supplies and instruments for delivery to hospital departments
  • Record information about donors
  • Record vital signs
  • Assist chiropractor with patient health education
  • Clean and dress wounds
  • Label and process donated blood
  • Operate and maintain sterilization equipment and instrumentation for re-use according to standardized safety practices
  • Prepare solutions for preservation of specimens
  • Process claims such as health insurance or workers compensation
  • Provide post donation care and donor reaction care
  • Remove casts, sutures and pins
  • Remove organs and tissue specimens from bodies in morgue as directed by pathologist
  • Clean and sew up bodies for release to funeral homes
  • Collect statistics
  • Maintain supplies
  • Connect treatment machines to patients, as directed by chiropractor
  • Maintain inventory of equipment
  • Monitor donors throughout procedure
  • Assist chiropractor with physical examinations
  • Document patient rehabilitation progress
  • Perform general clerical duties
  • Prepare and maintain cleanliness of collection areas
  • Process files and paperwork
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Take earmold impressions and fit and adjust hearing instruments
  • Take patients' general medical and ophthalmic history
  • Manage routine office functions including reception, telephone and booking appointments
  • Order supplies and equipment
  • Organize and maintain inventory

Who can apply to this job?

The employer accepts applications from:

  • Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada.
  • Other candidates with or without a valid Canadian work permit.

Advertised until

2024-12-20

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activity worker - health support services NOC 33109 Ottawa Region
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