Home and Community Care Worker II
About the role
Reporting to the Supervisor, Home and Community Care, the Home and Community Care Worker II provides essential personal care and specialized support, including assistance with bathing, grooming, mobility, medication reminders, and individualized care for palliative, rehabilitation, and post-acute clients. The Home and Community Care Worker II exercises independent judgement in monitoring health status, identifying risks, and determining when to escalate concerns to health professionals, often in unpredictable and isolated environments where immediate clinical support is not available. These decisions directly affect client safety, well-being, and continuity of care, reducing preventable hospital admissions and alleviating pressure on acute care facilities. The role carries accountability for maintaining strict confidentiality, adhering to health and safety protocols, and advocating for client needs through a cultural lens to ensure client care plans respect Inuit values and traditions. Through these responsibilities, the position plays a vital role in sustaining community health and advancing the Government of Nunavut’s commitment to equitable and culturally safe health services.
Responsibilities
- Provide essential personal care and specialized support (bathing, grooming, mobility, medication reminders, individualized care for palliative, rehabilitation, and post-acute clients)
- Exercise independent judgement in monitoring health status, identifying risks, and determining when to escalate concerns to health professionals
- Maintain strict confidentiality
- Adhere to health and safety protocols
- Advocate for client needs through a cultural lens to ensure care plans respect Inuit values and traditions