Care Team Assistant (CTA/CCA)

Diptot is looking for dedicated and compassionate Care Team Assistants to join our amazing team working in hospitals in the Halifax Regional Municipality and surrounding areas.

Why Join Us
Our acute healthcare facilities provide care team assistants with a safe and fully supported work environment where you can count on us to ensure 8-12hour shifts. Due to our sizable list of hospital clients, we cut lost commuting time out of your day by securing shifts closer to home – enabling you to meet personal commitments. Even better is the opportunity to learn from our diverse unit experiences as it inspires confidence to take on any new challenge, no matter which hospital you work in.

Working in an industry that is focused on taking care of others, we are proud to help take care of you by offering an employee group benefits program to suit your health, dental, and life insurance needs.

Your Shifts
Get the shifts you want when you want! Diptot holds the exclusive staffing provider contract with many hospitals in the Halifax Regional Municipality and surrounding areas. This means we can offer you a variety of work environments and a casual work opportunity that allows you to work as little or as often as you like!

• You are required to work a minimum of two shifts each month
• Shifts are eight and twelve hours in length, depending on facility placement needs

Job Qualification

Our “exemplary standing” with Accreditation Canada is held to the highest regard and is a testament to the fact that we uphold the same hiring standards and patient care delivery as the facilities in which we serve.

Our Requirements

• Continuing Care Assistant/Care Team Assistant (CCA/CTA) certificate OR Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN) currently enrolled in a bridging program and is in the process of attaining RN licensure or LPN licensure with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing
• Proof of current immunization for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV), tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, and hepatitis b
• Proof of negative TB skin test within the past one (1) year or negative chest x-ray within the past five (5) years
• Current BCLS-HCP (HealthCare Provider)
• Current N95 Mask Fit Test Certificate
• Willing to undergo Vulnerable Sector Police Check as a condition of hire

NOTICE to all new external candidates applying with Diptot Healthcare Services. Based on recent government mandates and directives, healthcare workers are now required to provide proof of full COVID-19 Vaccination. If successful, new hires will be required to provide proof of vaccination prior to their start date.

We thank all applicants who apply. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.