About the role
Mercy Community Aged Care services are on the lookout for a casual Personal Care Assistants for our Nudgee Residential Aged Care Facility.
As a motivated and passionate Personal Care Assistant, you will be assisting residents in their daily activities, delivering the best possible care, ensuring wellbeing, comfort and the best possible care. Our 203-bed residential facility offers a range of services and believes a big part of what we do is to help our clients flourish, knowing what is important to them and their individual needs.
The role includes but not limited to -
* Assisting residents in their daily activities, delivering the best possible care, ensuring wellbeing and comfort
* Maintaining a friendly homelike environment where residents are encouraged to engage in activities of their choice
* Ensuring the safe and appropriate use of equipment, with an emphasis on resident comfort and safety
* Aspects of personal hygiene – showering, continence, bedding, and clothing
* Observing, reporting, and responding to all changes in resident health and wellbeing including maintaining accurate, factual, and thorough progress notes
* Ensuring resident requests are attended to within the scope of their care plan and ensuring all complaints are resolved reported to the Care and Service Manager
About you
* Completed a Certificate III in Individualised Support – Aged Care (mandatory)
* High level of interpersonal, customer service and conflict resolution skills as well as flexibility
* Ability to follow written instructions, comprehend care plans, and record accurate progress notes
* Able to work a variety of shifts across a 7-day roster. Availability to work Monday to Friday across all shifts, is required
Why Mercy Community?
Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit organisation, compassionately inspiring and supporting people to live hopeful, connected lives within inclusive communities. We support families, young people, and older people.
Being part of the Mercy team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:
* Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum is available
* Provide access to novated leases for a vehicle to help reduce your taxable income and other packaging benefits
* Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
* Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors
We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.
Mercy Community Services is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.