Nursing Assistants | Forster & Tuncurry

Estia Health; Forster; On-site; AUD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue Light Card

Car hire discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Wellbeing App

Novated vehicle leasing

Workplace banking

nib Health discounts

JB HiFi discounts

Job summary

Estia Health is seeking dedicated dual care workers to provide personalised support across traditional care and blended care/nutrition shifts. You’ll help residents with daily activities, meals, and wellbeing, while contributing to a calm, respectful living environment.

As part of a large aged care provider with homes across multiple states, you’ll work with a supportive team, maintain accurate records, and help residents stay active and engaged every day.

Qualifications

• Empathy and genuine desire to improve residents' lives.
• Experience as a caregiver or similar role.
• Strong clinical documentation and computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Lend a hand with daily life to ensure residents feel heard, comfy and well-fed, including help with meals and drinks.
• Work with the team to support residents with challenging needs.
• Help keep residents’ bodies and minds active.
• Assist with treatments and health monitoring.
• Be a friend to residents and support their wellbeing.
• Respect residents' privacy and dignity at all times.

Skills

Empathy

Caregiver experience

Documentation skills

Computer literacy

Education

Certificate III/IV in Aged Care

Job description

At Estia Health, we’re more than just a workplace: we’re a community dedicated to enriching lives and making a difference. If you’re passionate about aged care and want to be part of something meaningful, then we want to hear from you. Everyday, over 14,000 employees choose to make a difference at Estia Health, sharing a joint purpose to enrich and celebrate the lives of our residents. With 96 homes (and growing), across Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria, you will play a part in positively impacting the lives of our residents and their families. Join us in playing a special role in the future of aged care.

About the role

At Estia Health, we offer dual care worker opportunities. Being rostered in either traditional Care Worker shifts or blended Care and Nutrition shifts is a great way to provide our staff with variety and skill development, while keeping the pay rate identical across both roles.

Responsibilities

• Lend a hand with daily life making sure our residents feel heard, comfy and well-fed, including helping them with their meal and drinks
• Work with our team to support those with challenging needs
• Help keep our residents’ bodies and minds active
• Keep tabs on our residents’ health helping with treatments
• Be a friend to our residents
• Make sure every resident’s privacy and dignity is respected

Key Skills & Attributes

• A real desire to make a difference in people’s lives
• A Certificate III or IV in Aged Care
• Time spent working as a caregiver or similar
• Solid clinical documentation and computer skills

Benefits

• Retail savings with the Blue Light Card
• Discounted car hire
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
• Free Wellbeing App to support your mental and physical health
• Novated leasing for vehicles
• Workplace banking support
• ACN membership discounts for nurses
• Discounted health insurance with nib health
• Discounted JB HiFi

As one of the largest and fastest growing aged care providers in Australia, we need exceptional people to join us on our journey of providing high quality person centred aged care and services.

Diversity & Inclusion

Estia Health is committed to embracing diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplaces. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

At Estia Health, we're more than just a workplace, we're a community dedicated to enriching lives and making a difference. It you're passionate about aged care and want to be part of something meaningful, you've found your home. When you join the Estia Health family, you'll feel it: the warmth in every greeting, the care in every action and the sense of belonging that sets us apart. For our residents and team, this isn't just a place, it's family. Our Family.