Health Care Worker

MTHCS; Sea Lake; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

Mallee Track Health and Community Service is seeking a part-time Health Care Worker in Sea Lake, VIC. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team delivering quality nursing care under supervision of a Registered Nurse, supporting residents to maintain independence and dignity.

Responsibilities include personal care, care planning, and collaboration with healthcare professionals to ensure safe, respectful, and person-centred care for residents living in a residential aged care setting.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to apply high ethical standards.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of the special needs of older people.
• Knowledge of and skills to perform personal care tasks.
• Relevant experience appropriate to the work required by this position.
• Current Victorian Driver's Licence.
• Current Police Check.
• Understanding of OH&S, infection control, manual handling and hazard identification.
• Current First Aid Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement and evaluate care for all residents.
• Assist with showering, dressing, toileting, grooming and activities.
• Promote positive relationships between residents, relatives and staff.
• Attend mandatory training relevant to the HCW role.
• Provide companionship and emotional support to residents.
• Maintain documentation relating to residents' care plans.
• Collaborate with nurses, doctors and other professionals to ensure quality care.
• Maintain compliance with organisational policies.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

OH&S awareness

Dignity and resident rights

Police Check

OH&S knowledge

Education

Certificate III in Individual Support

Police Check

First Aid Certificate

Job description

An Equal Opportunity Employer and with a multicultural and diverse workforce.

Health Care Worker

Reference number: PD23

Position title: Health Care Worker Employment type: Part Time Department: Residential Aged Care Responsible to: Director of Nursing Location: Sea Lake Closing date: Open Contact person: Meagan Allan & Alexandra Webster (Director of Nursing) Contact number: [phone] Position description: PD23 - Health Care Worker Pdf Document(526.5 kb)

The Health Care Worker is a member of a multidisciplinary health care team responsible for the provision of quality nursing care, within the boundaries of education, competencies and skills, under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, to meet the personal care needs of customers. The incumbent will provide quality services in a manner that maintains and enhances the independence of customers and maximises their lifestyle options. The HCW will ensure all customers are provided with a safe, secure, and friendly environment where individual choice and decision making are encouraged. The HCW will provide personal care assistance to community clients living at home.

Selection criteria

• Proven ability to apply high ethical standards, and represent MTHCS in a professional manner.
• Certificate III in Individual Support or willing to obtain.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of the special needs of older people.
• Knowledge of and skills to perform personal care tasks as required.
• Relevant experience appropriate to the work required by this position.
• Current Victorian Driver's Licence.
• Current Police Check.
• Understanding of issues related to OH&S including infection control, manual handling and hazard identification.
• Current First Aid Certificate

Key responsibilities

• Systematically plan, implement and evaluate care for all residents.
• Assisting with activities such as showering, dressing, toileting, grooming, and leisure activities maintaining the dignity and privacy of each resident.
• Promote positive and harmonious relationships between residents, relatives and staff through excellent interpersonal skills.
• All staff members are expected, as part of their role in providing a safe environment for both customers and staff members, to attend specific mandatory training appropriate to the Health Care Worker position andorganisational requirement.
• Provide companionship and emotional support, fostering a caring and comfortable environment for residents.
• Fulfils duty of care, including ethical practices.
• Interaction with residents, families and friends in a helpful and positive manner.
• Works as a multi-disciplinary team member.
• Working in collaboration with nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals to ensure the best possible care for our residents.
• Accurate and comprehensive documentation relating to progress with customers care plan.
• Reports issues relating to customers and service provider safety.
• Practice reflects organisational and service area policies and procedures.
• All staff members shall be expected to maintain strict confidentiality in relation to all matters pertaining to MTHCS activities.
• Other duties as directed.

Child Safe Organisation

Mallee Track Health and Community Service is committed to preventing child abuse, identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.

Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental

All MTHCS employees will:

• Ensure that they take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety, and the health and safety of others.
• Use any equipment provided for health and safety purposes.
• Obey reasonable instructions given by MTHCS in relation to health and safety at work.
• Help MTHCS meet our duty of care, such as by undertaking hazard inspections.
• Comply with all MTHCS OHS policies and procedures.
• Ensure they do not interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health and safety.

Section 21 of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2004, requires an Employer to provide and maintain, so far as is reasonable and practicable, a safe workplace for all employees and ensure that no employee is placed at risk of injury while performingthe duties and responsibilities required by their position.

To comply with this obligation, MTHCS requires all candidates/employees to have the mental and physical capacity to safely perform the inherent requirements of the position they are applying for (or have been appointed to).

If a risk is identified and fitness to safely perform the duties of the position needs to be determined, MTHCS with the agreement of the candidate/employee, will arrange an independent medical assessment to determine capacity to safely perform the inherentrequirements of the position to minimise the risk of injury or aggravation of any pre-existing condition the candidate/employee may have.

Compulsory Training

As per the schedule.

Conducted as per appraisal schedule.