Health Care Worker (Traineeship)

Mallee Track Health & Community Service; Ouyen; On-site; AUD 42,000 - 56,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training covered

Protected study time

Job summary

Mallee Track Health and Community Service in Ouyen, VIC, is offering a Traineeship for a Health Care Worker. No experience required; enrolled in Certificate III in Individual Support with training costs covered by MTHCS and protected study time.

Essential criteria include ethics, communication, organisational skills, and knowledge of older people. A current driver’s licence and police check are required; OH&S training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to apply high ethical standards and represent MTHCS professionally.
• Certificate III in Individual Support or willingness to obtain.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of the special needs of older people and personal care tasks.

Responsibilities

• Systematically plan, implement and evaluate care for residents.
• Assist with showering, dressing, toileting and grooming while maintaining dignity.
• Promote positive relationships between residents, relatives and staff.
• Attend mandatory training and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Good communication

Organisational skills

Professional conduct

Empathy for older people

Education

Certificate III in Individual Support

Job description

Mallee Track Health & Community Service – Ouyen VIC

No experience required

8mo ago , from Mallee Track Health and Community Service

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 personalcare 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, andfriendly environment where individual choice and decision making are encouraged. The HCW will provide personal care assistance to community clients living at home.

Traineeship position

Certificate III in Individual Support

As part of this traineeship position, the successful applicant will be enrolled in relevant courses through recognised training providers. The cost for training courses is covered MTHCS and students are given protected study time to complete their course.

Selection criteria

Essential:

• 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.

Desirable:

• 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.

Employment with MTHCS

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.

Performance Appraisal

Conducted as per appraisal schedule.