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Continuing Care Assistant (CCA)

@ ParaMed Inc.

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Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia

Full-time
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Overview

ParaMed Inc. is hiring a full-time Continuing Care Assistant to help clients live safely at home through personal care and daily support. The role involves travelling between several home visits per day, with a company-paid mobile device and mileage compensation. A CCA designation, required personal care experience and a criminal background screening are needed.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide personal care such as grooming, dressing and bathing
  • Travel between several home visits per day
  • Prepare meals and assist at mealtime
  • Perform basic housekeeping duties
  • Provide companionship and support patient well-being

Requirements summary:

  • CCA designation required
  • Experience providing personal care required
  • Valid driver's licence, insurance and vehicle strongly preferred
  • Pass a criminal background screening upon hire

Tools & skills

mobile device

Benefits mentioned

Health insuranceDentalEmployee assistance
Source and dates

Employer career site / ATS feed · workday

Employer posting date
2026-03-27
First seen by our source
2026-10-08
Source record updated
2026-10-14

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Job details

SeniorityEntry level
DepartmentAllied health
Hours per week40 (estimated)
Travelair: none · ground: moderate
Work settingClient sites
PositionSitting and standing
Physical demandsphysical moderate · computer low
Licences & certificationsCCA designation
Driver’s licencepreferred
Background checkscriminal record
Perks mentionedWellness, Paid training, Home office allowance

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Job description

Job Description

As a Continuing Care Assistant (CCA), you will assist people in your community to live safely in their homes by supporting them with daily tasks and self-care activities.

Why you’ll love working here:

  • Best in class training and development programs

  • Celebration and Recognition programs

  • Part time and Full-time opportunities and flexible scheduling options

  • Comprehensive health and dental benefit plans

  • Company paid mobile device

  • Mileage compensation

  • Opportunities for education allowance for employees and family

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Employee perks and exclusive offers

What you’ll do:

  • Provide personal care to patients (ie. Grooming, dressing, bathing, etc.)

  • Travel from patient to patient completing several home visits per day

  • Prepare meals and assist with meal-time

  • Basic housekeeping duties

  • Provide companionship and support the well-being of patients

  • Assist with personal hygiene care including showering and bathing

  • Support for basic activities of daily living

What you bring:

  • CCA designation

  • Experience in providing personal care is required

  • Access to a vehicle and a valid driver’s license and insurance is strongly preferred

  • Ability to pass or satisfy a Criminal Background screening upon hire

  • A passion for making a difference in your community

We are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive hiring process. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Time Type

Full time

As the leading home care provider in the country, ParaMed Home Health Care, has proudly been helping Canadians live better at home since 1974.

When you join ParaMed, you become part of a caring community of over 12,000 dedicated professionals committed to delivering compassionate, person-centred care.

We provide competitive compensation that reflects the value of this role and the unique qualifications each candidate brings. Final salary offers are based on a variety of factors such as your skills, experience, education, and alignment with the responsibilities of this position.

Base salary is one component of our broader total rewards package. We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits designed to support your health, financial well-being, and long-term career growth. Your recruiter can provide more details about our total rewards offerings during the hiring process.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support certain stages of the recruitment process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing candidate responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment — every application is reviewed by a member of our team to ensure thoughtful and equitable consideration. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

ParaMed is committed to fostering an accessible, inclusive, and equitable hiring process. We gladly accommodate the needs of applicants throughout all stages of recruitment and selection upon request.

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