Am I Suited For This Job?

Health Care Assistants:

• enjoy working with people who are old or sick
• have excellent interpersonal and observational skills
• must be patient and sensitive
• must be healthy and able to stand, move and lift heavy weight
• must be fluent in English

Health care assistants work in hospital wards, residential long-term care facilities, or for home support agencies. Shifts are usually 8–12 hours and you are often expected to work on weekends, holidays or evenings. On-call and part-time work is common.

This work can be physically demanding, with constant standing, walking and lifting. You may also experience stress and fatigue from working with sick or disabled patients. You may be exposed to infectious diseases, and to violent behaviour from patients with mental illnesses.

Source: WorkBC