Personal Support Worker (Certified and Non-Certified)
Job Description
Make “being the difference” your Career.
Bayshore seeks passionate and caring Personal Support Workers to join our team!
Our PSWs create special moments for clients each and every day. If your calling is to “make a difference” by providing outstanding care, then a Career with Bayshore is the Perfect Fit for YOU!
Shifts with home care clients that are 1-12 hours each, a Valid G or G2 and vehicle. Must be willing to travel
Locations of Work: Niagara Region (Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, Niagara on the Lake, Port Colborne, Welland, St. Catharines) & West Lincoln (Smithville, Beamsville, Grimsby, Jordan Station)
Wage: $21.73–$22.77 per hour
Company Perks:
- Competitive wages
- Casual dress code
- Company sponsored Health Benefits for you and your family
- Paid sick days, paid orientation and paid training
- RRSP with company contribution
- Competitive travel compensation
- Efficient work schedules with more care time and less travel
- Opportunities to grow in your career
- Company provided Mobile devices for easy documentation and strong communication
- Easy Access to managers and schedulers who listen and support the important work you do!
Do what you Love!
Realize your passion for helping others with lots of autonomy and support. Your healthcare skills are highly respected. Your commitment to kindness, respect, and safe patient care shapes the wellbeing of our clients and communities. By providing home care, you create more capacity in the health care system so that only the most acute clients are receiving care in hospital or long-term care settings.
The PSW Role:
Bayshore PSWs provide personal care services to clients living in the community. With this support and assistance, Bayshore clients are able to remain in the comfort of their own home, enhancing their quality of life, dignity, and independence.
Our PSWs assist clients with activities of daily living, according to the care plan, as well as provide cognitive, social and/or emotional support, and complete other assigned tasks such as meal preparation, laundry and monitoring household safety.
Client Care plans may include skin care, hair care, mouth care, bathing, bowel and bladder care, positioning and movement, exercise, feeding, special diets, assistance with oxygen administration and medication reminders.
PSWs perform specialized client specific procedures with clinical training and support, completed care and observations of client conditions are documented.
RN & RPN
Are you an experienced Nurse who believes in making a difference in your neighborhood by improving access to health care? Do you value illness prevention and wellness promotion? Would you excel working closely with a team of PSW’s who you will select train and mentor in order to deliver top quality care in your neighborhood? Are you seeking work life balance without the need to work evenings nights or week-ends?
If we are peaking your interest, you may want to learn more about leading one of Bayshore’s local Neighborhood Health Teams. We offer you the chance to make a difference in your community and do meaningful work. Our Neighborhood Health Team creates special moments every day through direct Client Care and Caregiver Leadership.
If your priority is to provide hands on nursing care the way you always wanted to, lead and mentor a small team, in a self-managed environment, and create new connections in the community while maintaining a focus on your own wellness through a flexible schedule, this may be the role for you!
Why Bayshore?
Bayshore strives to take good care of you – while you make a difference for others:
Feel rewarded for doing what you love – Do you want to make a difference while being rewarded for the critical work that you do? We will empower you to do work you are passionate about with autonomy and support from experienced colleagues and mentors. We offer competitive pay and comprehensive company-sponsored benefits for you and your family.
Chart your path – Take charge of your day and manage what’s important to you. We offer work flexibility designed to empower you in a rewarding career.
Shape the wellbeing of our clients & communities – Take control and use your expertise to create special moments for your clients and caregivers.
Realize your full potential – We are committed to helping you realize the future you desire and we achieve this through a wide variety of work options, continuous learning, and access to mentors and experts.
Work in a safe and healthy work environment – We take health & safety seriously. We provide personal protective equipment (PPE), relevant training in line with evolving health guidelines, and daily infection prevention screening of clients and workers to help prevent exposures to COVID-19 or other infectious diseases.
Job Qualification
Who You Are
- You have a desire to help improve the lives of those in your community
- You have a reliable vehicle and are willing to travel to visit clients within the community on a daily basis
- You are a Graduate of an accredited Provincial Nursing Program with current registration and valid CPR certification
- You have solid knowledge of the principles, practices, and methods of community nursing and service delivery to clients as well as program development, implementation and evaluation
- You have at least five years of recent experience with progressive responsibilities, preferably in a community setting
- Experience in business development is an asset
- You have exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to handle difficult situations in an objective consistent format; ability to work independently and effectively lead a team; above average report writing and communication skills with both Field and
- Administrative employees; valid driver’s license and evidence of current CPR certification
- You are dedicated to providing high-quality service
As Canada’s largest and best homecare company, join us as we continue our 50+ year tradition of supporting our Nurses to make “being the difference” a Career!
Bayshore is committed to a high quality and safe environment for both our staff and clients/patients. Dependent upon Provincial government regulations, and the position being applied for, new hires may be required to provide proof of vaccination against illnesses such as COVID-19, Hepatitis, Seasonal Flu etc. Please speak with the recruiter for Provincial and/or position specific requirements. Medical exemptions or any other kinds of requested exemptions based upon Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
“At Bayshore Healthcare, our commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion is our strength. This is how we bring our vision of being the difference in the lives of those we care for, work with and in our communities. We have a great sense of pride in creating a culture of belonging, where individual differences are embraced and celebrated, through programs, resources and policies that support each individual’s purpose, potential and wellbeing.”
Bayshore operates in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and applicable Provincial Human Rights Codes.