Personal Care Worker - Cheltenham Parkside

Opal HealthCare; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work/life balance

Mentoring & career development

Leave loading

Public holidays – PAY or time off

Paid parental leave

Employee Referral Program

Free onsite parking

Internal & external training

National secondment opportunities

Sector leading training

Job summary

Opal HealthCare in Melbourne is seeking dedicated care workers for roles at Cheltenham. The positions include permanent full-time, part-time and casual opportunities within a leading residential aged care provider.

We offer a range of benefits including work/life balance, mentoring and career development through the Opal Healthcare Academy, generous leave loading and paid parental leave, and on-site parking with easy bus access.

Qualifications

• Cert iii in Individual Support / Aged Care required or equivalent (minimum).
• Cert in Disability preferred or advantageous.
• Nursing students may apply and be considered for roles.

Education

Cert iii in Individual Support / Aged Care

Cert in Disability

Nursing students

Job description

At Opal HealthCare, we know that companies don’t succeed, people do.

Opal Healthcare is Australia’s largest residential aged care provider, with 149 Care Communities and over 20,000 team members nationwide. Our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence are at the heart of everything we do.

All applicants will be contacted for an interview as soon as possible**

About the role:

• Based at Cheltenham
• Permanent Full Time, Part Time & casual opportunities

At Opal HealthCare we are dedicated to our purpose to bring joy to those we care for. In joining Opal, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

• Work/life balance with flexible work hours – opportunity to work casual or permanent shifts
• Dedicated mentoring & internal/external career development programs to build and accelerate your career - such as Nurse Graduate programs, Emerging Leadership Programs, Senior Leaders programs and more via our very own Opal Healthcare Academy https://academy.opalhealthcare.com.au/
• Leave loading: opportunity to withdraw leave
• Public holidays: your choice of getting paid public holiday rates or receiving an extra day off with time in lieu
• Paid parental leave: 5 weeks for primary carer & 4 weeks for non-primary carer + receive additional 5 weeks of leave upon returning to work after 3 months
• Employee Referral Program – earn up to $5,000 in incentives for inviting your friends to work
• Getting to work – free onsite parking & easy access via bus locate just outside the care community
• Internal & external training programs
• National secondment opportunities to diversify your experience
• Sector leading training, systems & innovation

Qualifications accepted:

• Cert iii in Individual Support / Aged Care
• Cert in Disability
• Nursing students

Please note all applicants must be willing to complete a pre-employment medical, police clearance and NDIS worker’s clearance.