Medical orderly

• Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
• or equivalent experience

Work setting

• Rural area
• Nursing home/home for the aged

Tasks

• Supply and empty bed pans
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
• Serve meal trays and feed patients
• Weigh, lift, turn and position patients
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Supervise patients' exercise routines
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas
• Bathe, dress and groom patients
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs
• Collect specimens
• Administer first aid in emergency situations

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Moving Patients Safety Principles (MPSP) training
• Continuing Care Assistant Certification
• CPR Certificate

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Walking

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Screening questions

• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Financial benefits

• Night shift premium
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: French
• Hours: 35 to 60 hours per week