New job Entry Point Screener - COVID in Manitoba

Requisition ID: 244443

Posting End Date: May 12, 2021

City: Winnipeg

Site: Golden Links Lodge Personal Care Home

Work Location: 2280 St. Mary's Road Winnipeg MB R2N 3Z6

Department / Unit: Facility support

Job Stream: Clinical Support

Union: CUPE

FTE: 1.0

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $13.00

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Position Overview

Entry Point Screeners greet employees, patients and visitors to the respective site while carrying out safety screening criteria prior to allowing entry. Duties include greeting persons seeking entry to the Care Home during a provincial state of emergency for pandemic management and to help carry out the safety screening criteria prior to allowing workplace entry or visitation during established time periods daily. Training will be provided for screening processes and cleaning of certain equipment or surfaces of certain work areas. Training will be provided.

Education and Training

High School Education, Manitoba Standards required.

Participates in staff general and safety orientation as required.

Participates in any additional training, which may include paid job shadowing shift(s) to promote a better understanding of the job responsibilities and tasks assigned.

Qualifications and Skills

Respectful of diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds of patients and their family members.

Friendly personality and a genuine interest in helping others.

Conscientious, organized and attention to detail.

Ability to adhere to the site safety policies, confidentiality and dress code.

English communication skills. An English Proficiency test will be applied, see Selection Process.

Compliance with workplace safely, PPE policies and procedures required.

Physical Requirements

Position involves walking and standing for sustained periods of time.

Must be in good general physical and mental health, visual, aural acuity and manual dexterity required, and demonstrate emotional stability.

Position involves standing and some walking for sustained periods of time and able to tolerate these requirements along with wearing of PPE during a shift.

Able to tolerate early morning or late afternoon/evening and weekend shifts as scheduled. Possible alternate weekends scheduled.

General Standard Skills

Excellent communication skills with people generally and able to exercise patience while performing all duties.

Conscientious, organized and attention to detail.

Adhere to the site safety policies and follow a modest dress code while wearing closed heel shoes-including the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required for all screeners (e.g. mask, face shield, gown, etc.)

Compliance with workplace safety and safe use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) procedures as applicable.

Duties and Responsibilities

Available to work any days, evenings and weekends with varying shifts and hours assigned as a member of the facility staff screening team for required Care Home entry.

Work with Care Home approved cleaning products, follow cleaning protocols per infection prevention and control guidelines by cleaning surfaces in related work areas to help prevent the spread of viruses or germs. Cleaning of screening/social visit areas as per facility practice/protocol using facility approved cleaners.

Give simple directions for education on expected PPE to persons entering facility as may be needed. (e.g. visitor, vendor, i.e. MTS, Shaw cable, etc.)

Assist in the coordination/support/scheduling of a resident family visit as per established schedule for social visits and help ensure participants adhere to schedule, visit duration time and associated Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines including PPE as required.

Ability to reliably deny access to facility based on screening protocols and screening requirements.

Screen persons entering facility or visiting areas according to current screening protocols.

Transport residents to and from visiting areas as required. (use of wheelchairs or stand-by escort)

Willing and able to work with an older adult population is essential.

Follows personnel policies and related procedures as communicated at the paid facility Safety and General Orientation sessions.

Maintains confidentiality as per facility policy as it relates to residents and staff information (e.g. Personal Health Information, Files, telephone calls, faxes, emails, etc.)

Communicates screening information or directions to appropriate staff and managers/leaders or other visitors pertaining to persons not meeting the screening criteria while maintaining privacy.

Maintains a respectful attitude towards others. (e.g. staff, residents, their families and friends)

Performs assigned duties with minimum supervision, while maintaining reliability, efficiency, accuracy and consistency in completing all assigned tasks.

Other assigned tasks by supervisor related to Covid-19 measures including added hours.

Selection Process

Screening: Candidates will be pre-screened based on education and experience. Eligible candidates will be interviewed.

English Proficiency Test: Candidates will be submitted to an English language test (Writing, Reading, Listening, and Speaking).

The English Proficiency Test is REQUIRED and will be considered a condition of employment, which means that any eligible candidates will be required to first pass testing. The candidates that successfully pass the test will move to stage two of the interview process. If candidate fails, will no longer be eligible to proceed with interview for position and will not be considered further in the selection process.

Interview: Candidates will be interviewed by the Senior Leadership Team.

References: At least three (3) professional references will be required, and references will be checked prior to hiring.

I have read the above job description and fully understand its requirements. I hereby accept the position of Entry Point Screener/Transporter/Scheduler and agree to abide by the requirements set forth herein, performing all duties and responsibilities to the best of my ability, which may include the temporary private assignment of a door entry code and responsibility for any assigned specific room access key related to position tasks.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

The Collective Agreement this position is covered under, is identified by the Union noted above. As a result of The Health Sector Bargaining Unit Review Act, the bargaining agent for this position may differ from the Union identified. In the event you have any questions, please contact your site Human Resources Department.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process..