Assistant in Nursing

**About Us**

SASA Care fast growing organisation within the disability and Aged Care industry. We ensure our staff are well taken care of and provided with opportunity for growth.

**About the role**
- Personal hygiene, grooming, manicuring and oral hygiene.
- Continence management.
- Communicates with all residents effectively including the maintenance and the fitting of hearing aids and glasses as required.
- Assisting those residents’/clients with challenging behaviours, by participation in the development and implementation of an individually designed management plan.
- The residents’/clients mobility, by assisting with walking, use of wheelchairs and other aids and transfers.
- Supports and assists residents with food and fluids as required.
- Maximises the residents’/clients physical function by assisting with rehabilitative treatment such as physiotherapy exercises.
- Assists the nursing staff with treatments as
- Demonstrated knowledge and competency in manual tasks techniques.
- Demonstrate empathy and sensitivity to the needs of the elderly from a variety of ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of Standards and Guidelines in Residential Aged Care Services.
- The ability to work co-operatively as part of the care team.
- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Have the ability to encourage and assist residents to maximise their independence.
- A demonstrated commitment to holistic care principles.
- Have a working knowledge of the ACFI specified
- Assists the nursing staff by observing and reporting promptly any changes in the condition or well being of residents.
- Ensure the residents privacy, dignity and respect are maintained at all times.
- Ensure that no residents experiences isolation and loneliness unless determined by choice.

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: $30.00 - $75.00 per hour

COVID-19 considerations:
COVID VACCINATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH US

**Experience**:

- AIN: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- CERT III or IV in Individual Support (preferred)
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module (preferred)
- Working with Children Check (preferred)
- Driver Licence (preferred)
- NDISWC (preferred)
- Australian National Police Check (preferred)