Personal Care Assistants, Apollo Bay

Swarh2; Apollo Bay; Hybrid; AUD 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

Great Ocean Road Health in Apollo Bay, VIC, is seeking a Personal Care Assistant to support daily care for residents alongside Enrolled Nurses. This role is based on the Surf Coast, offering rewarding rural community health work.

You'll use strong administration and people skills to coordinate care with the Community Services Department, while contributing to high-quality, accessible healthcare for local families and visitors. Flexible hours and supportive team culture are provided.

Qualifications

• Provide daily resident care with Enrolled Nurses under RN supervision.
• Utilize administration and people skills to support the Community Services Department.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily resident care with Enrolled Nurses under RN supervision.
• Support interactions with individuals, families and groups in rural communities.

Skills

Administration

People skills

Job description

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Location: ApolloBay, VIC, Australia, 3233

Company: Barwon South West

Employment Type - Permanent Part Time; Casual

Hours per fortnight -32

Job Category -Personal Care Assistant

Personal Care Assistant

• Work for an organisation that recently won the Premiers Small Healthcare Service or the Year at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards 2024
• Live and work along the beautiful Surf Coast Apollo Bay
• Utilize your outstanding administration and people skills to support the Community Services Department

Great Ocean Road Health serves the communities of Lorne, Apollo Bay, and the Surf Coast, providing high-quality, accessible healthcare close to home. Formed in 2019 through the integration of Lorne Community Hospital and Otway Health, we offer a range of services across our Lorne and Apollo Bay campuses. Our goal is to meet the growing healthcare needs of the community, ensuring sustainable, robust care for the future while maintaining local services and staff levels.

About the Role

The Personal Care assistant provides ongoing daily care for all residents alongside Enrolled Nurses as designated by the Registered Nurse in charge of the shift.

Working at Great Ocean Road Health gives you the opportunity to assist individuals, families and groups living, working and visiting rural communities with their health care needs, making for a rewarding and satisfying experience. Our team is strong and diverse and is supported and nurtured through continuous improvement programs and opportunities for professional development and growth.

• Work Along the Iconic Great Ocean Road Join Great Ocean Road Health and experience a rewarding career in one of Australia’s most breathtaking coastal destinations, serving vibrant communities along the Surf Coast and Otways
• Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction
• A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
• Wide range of professional development opportunities to enhance your career
• Attractive salary packaging benefits. Living expenses capped at $9,010 and meals and entertainment capped at $2,650
• Community Engagement - our health service encourages you to be actively involved in the community health education imitative and preventative care.

Diversity and Inclusion We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion. We celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and talents of our team members, fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Our commitment to diversity strengthens our ability to provide compassionate and equitable care to all individuals, regardless of their backgrounds, abilities and identities.

We are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and a workplace that promotes wellbeing, and welcomes applications from those who identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person

We actively encourage individuals with disabilities and diverse backgrounds and identities to apply for our positions. Should you require any reasonable adjustments or support during the recruitment process, we are here to assist you every step of the way.

We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards: About Child Safe Standards | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)

We are also proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

To join our team, all candidates are required to be fully vaccinated against influenza, aligning with our health services immunisation policy.

We, Great Ocean Road Health, acknowledge our offices are built on unceded lands of the Gadubanud People of the Mear Nation. We pay our respects to all First Nations Peoples and will continue to strengthen the complex knowledge systems of health and healing that intertwine the landscape and communities we live and work in. Great Ocean Road Heath is committed to improving health outcome and pathways for First Nations People and ensuring a culturally safe environment.