Personal support worker – nursing care

Work setting

• Work in employer's/client's home

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Accompany patients on outdoor recreational activities
• Perform other duties related to personal care
• Serve meal trays and feed patients
• Weigh, lift, turn, and position patients
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Transport patients in wheelchairs or stretcher
• Shop for food and household supplies
• Provide personal care
• Provide companionship
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Mend clothing and linens
• Launder clothing and household linens
• Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
• Administer bedside and personal care
• Feed or assist in feeding
• Administer medications
• Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Health Care Aide Certificate
• Personal Support Worker Certificate

Experience and specialization

Work experience with special needs students

• Assistance with mobility