Home Care Worker

Location: North West Region | Bendigo

Job type: Casual

Organisation: Bendigo Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 14272

**We have multiple positions available in our Home Care Workforce Currently offering up to $5,000* in sign on bonus' for new starters**

**Compassion Is At The Heart Of Our Care.**

As one of our Health Care Workers, you have the opportunity to make a difference in someones life, on every shift. With flexible rostering, we have multiple positions available within our Home Care Workforce - Casual, Part Time and Full time opportunities available. Successful applicants will make a positive difference in the lives of our clients within a community setting.

And all of this, while working within a dynamic and growing health service that has endless career progression opportunities

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- An ability to live and work close to home
- A diverse patient base that are friendly and accepting of people learning

**The Position**

**Position Title**: Home Care Worker - Community Nursing and Home Care Services
**Classification**: HC11-HC22
**Salary per hour (exc. super)**: $27.89 - $29.71 _(plus additional hourly allowance and 25% casual loading for casuals)_
**Hours per fortnight**: up to 76
**Employment Status**: Permanent - Part Time, Permanent - Full Time, Casual
**Other requirements**:COVID-19 Vaccination

**Role Description**

The HCW provides a valued and key service in delivering high quality support for clients in the community. The role includes supporting our consumers to maintain their independence, enabling them to maintain their quality of life while still living in their own homes, and actively facilitate their engagement within the local community.

Support services are primarily provided in the home. Services delivered include:

- Short term support for people eligible for Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) or Home And Community Care Program for Younger People (HACC PYP)
- Domestic assistance, personal care, respite care, palliative care, social support through shopping assistance and assistance with attending appointments
- Respite care that are tailored to meet the needs, interests and leisure activities of the consumer
- Encouraging a reablement approach to tasks performed
- Ongoing support for people who receive a Home Care Package (HCP)
- Short term support for people returning home following an admission to hospital
- Support services for people receiving Community Palliative Care

**Bendigo Health**

Our 700 bed state of the art hospital was built in 2017. We are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. We have all of the latest technologies allowing our 5000 staff to deliver _Excellent Care to Every Person, Every Time._ Remuneration is in accordance with Victorian Public Health Enterprise Agreements and generous salary packaging arrangements are offered to all staff. Bendigo Health offer:

- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Salary Packaging
- Financial relocation support available for eligible applicants
- Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining any required pre-employment checks (Police Check, WWCC and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check)
- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Access to recommended immunisations
- Smoke free environment

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**The Team**

The Community and Public Health Services Division has a primary focus on improving the health outcomes of the communities in our region. With a range of local and regional programs supporting place-based health promotion, prevention, care and support, they work collaboratively with other Divisions and regional partnerships and networks to support quality outcomes. The Division has a strong leadership role in the Loddon Mallee Region and is committed to ensuring processes are in place to deliver on our Division.

**Bendigo Region**

Bendigo is one of Victoria’s fastest growing regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 300,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.