Home Care Worker

Mercy Health; Young; On-site; AUD 3,857,000 - 4,408,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Health in New South Wales is seeking Home Care professionals to support clients in staying at home, delivering respite, personal care, and domestic assistance across multiple towns including Young, Cootamundra, Temora, Harden and surrounding areas.

The role is casual with flexible hours and guaranteed shifts, aligned to the SCHADS award. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to promote dignity, independence and meaningful engagement for clients.

Qualifications

• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills.
• Compassionate, flexible and positive approach to patient care.
• Ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

• Support clients to remain living at home through respite, personal care, domestic assistance and carer support per care plans.
• Provide accurate and timely information about client needs or changes to the Care Advisor.
• Listen to clients and give them a voice to empower their choices.

Skills

Clinical skills

Time management

Communication

Team collaboration

Job description

Employment Type: Casual
Hours: Flexible - Guaranteed hours
Salary: As per SCHADs award
Location: Home Care Young, Cootamundra, Temora, Harden, Boorowa NSW

Where there's life, there's Mercy.
Where there's care, there's You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that's gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

Join our Home Care team, and help us deliver even greater outcomes for our clients, families, communities, and you.

About the opportunity

If you enjoy helping others and are committed to making other's lives less lonely and more joyful, we are keen to hear from you. Although challenging, making such a valuable difference to someone's life can bring a sense of satisfaction and purpose.

To support clients to remain living in their own home through the provision of respite, personal care, domestic assistance and carer support in accordance with care plans and as directed by Care Advisors

• To provide accurate and timely information about client needs/change in client condition to the Care Advisor.
• Listen to clients and give them a voice, enabling them to choose for themselves.
• Be part of a multi-disciplinary team which requires you to provide highly responsive and flexible service to consumers and carers.

What you'll bring

You're resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.
• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.
• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current NDIS WSC

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people's lives - and your career.

Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.