Overview
At Mercy Health, each moment, no matter how small, truly matters. As a Personal Care Assistant at Mercy Health, you will make a genuine difference by supporting residents with their daily personal care tasks, mobility, nutrition, medication reminders, housekeeping, and engaging activities. You will follow care plans as outlined by registered nurses and healthcare professionals, ensuring the highest standards of care are met.
Responsibilities
* Assist residents with daily personal care tasks, including bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting.
* Help with mobility, including transferring residents from bed to chair, assisting with walking, and using mobility aids safely.
* Support residents with feeding, ensuring proper nutrition and hydration, and assisting with special dietary needs.
* Assist with medication reminders and support residents in taking prescribed medications, under the guidance of a nurse.
* Help maintain a clean and safe living environment by assisting with light housekeeping tasks, including making beds and cleaning rooms.
* Assist with organising and engaging in activities that promote physical, emotional, and cognitive well‐being.
* Respond to residents' requests for assistance in a timely and professional manner.
* Follow care plans as outlined by registered nurses and healthcare professionals, ensuring the highest standards of care are met.
* Maintain confidentiality and respect for residents' privacy, dignity, and personal preferences.
* Adhere to safety protocols, including infection control procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Qualifications
You are resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. To thrive in this role, you will have: a minimum Certificate III / Certificate IV in Aged Care or Individual Support. You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining Police check.
Equal Opportunity
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, and extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia. Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.
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