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About the Role
The Home Hemodialysis PSW will assist patients undergoing Home Hemodialysis by delivering direct care and ensuring patient comfort and safety. This role also supports general patient care tasks and other responsibilities as needed, with an initial assignment involving both Home Dialysis support and visiting PSW services in the community. Assignments may be adjusted based on patient volumes and program needs.
Responsibilities
- Performing Home Hemodialysis for patients based on delegation from a nurse or other regulated health care provider
- Providing direct patient care and ensuring patient comfort and safety during dialysis sessions
- Working with an external vendor to manage supplies and inventory in the patient’s home
- Maintaining documentation pre, intra, and post dialysis to support program and operational reporting needs
- Assisting patients with activities of daily living such as grooming, dressing, and bathing, meal planning and preparation, mobility and transfers
- Performing light household duties such as cleaning, laundry, and washing dishes
- Performing basic patient care functions that contribute to the implementation of the plan of care
- Providing care using knowledge, skills, and abilities, including reporting outcomes and escalating safety concerns
Requirements
- Completion of a Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) program is required
- Ability to handle daily mild to moderate physical exertion (e.g., constant standing, walking, climbing, reaching, sitting)
- Computer literacy and basic proficiency with a demonstrated willingness to learn and adapt to new technology
- Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required
- Access to a reliable vehicle and the ability to travel to patient locations as required is mandatory
- A valid driver’s license, adequate insurance (personal automobile policy with a minimum $1 million liability limit)
- Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record, and satisfactory attendance to be eligible for consideration
- A Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate
- UHN reserves the right to discontinue consideration if any provided information is misleading, inaccurate, or incorrect
Skills
- Home Hemodialysis
- Direct patient care
- Supply and inventory management
- Documentation
- Activities of daily living assistance
- Basic patient care functions
- Escalating safety concerns
Location
- Toronto General Hospital
- Community setting
Work Type
- Permanent Full-Time
- Visiting PSW services
Experience Level
- 2+ years of practical experience
- Experience with direct patient care is required
Education Level
- Completion of high school
- 1-year Personal Support Worker Certificate from a recognized college
- Occupational Therapist Assistant Certificate or Physiotherapy Assistant Certificate (Ontario College Certificate) from an accredited community college or a recent UHN approved private career college
Salary/Compensations
- $23.11 - $28.89 per hour
Benefits
- Competitive offer packages
- Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- Close access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
- A flexible work environment
- Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
- Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel, restaurants, parking, phone plans, auto insurance discounts, on-site gyms, etc.)
About the Company
- The University Health Network (UHN), where “above all else the needs of patients come first”, encompasses Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, West Park Healthcare Centre and the Michener Institute of Education.
- UHN is a national and international resource for patient care, research, and education due to the breadth of research, complexity of cases treated, and magnitude of its educational enterprise.
- With a long tradition of groundbreaking firsts and a purpose of “Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning”, UHN is Canada’s largest research teaching hospital.
- UHN brings together over 17,000 employees, more than 1,250 physicians, 8,000+ students, and many volunteers.
- UHN is a caring, creative place where amazing people are amazing the world.
Equal Opportunity
- UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace.
- Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process.
- Applicants need to make their requirements known.