Health Care Worker Grade 2

Full time,
- 6east, Austin Tower
- $xxx base + salary packaging + super (pro-rata for part time)

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the North East of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

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The Department of Neurology is one of the largest units in Victoria, with an established international reputation particularly in stroke and epilepsy. All areas of neurology are covered by this comprehensive unit. There are 28 inpatient beds in Ward 6 East which includes stroke unit beds (4 monitored acute beds) and 3 video epilepsy monitoring beds.

A comprehensive diagnostic investigation service is also maintained including EMG, EEG, Doppler Ultrasound and MRI. The Neurodiagnostic Laboratory is co-located with the Neurology ward on level 6 of the Austin Tower. The department has a major involvement in teaching, training and research at under-graduate and post-graduate levels, for both nursing and medical staff. This includes the clinical training of advanced neurology trainees and specialist neurology fellows.

The Neurology Department has close links with the on-site National Stroke Research Institute, Brain Research Institute and Epilepsy Research Centre. The Howard Florey Institute has amalgamated with the Brain Research Institute and the National Stroke Research Institute to form Florey Neuroscience Institutes (FNI). A new state of the art facility will is located at the Austin Hospital.

**About the role**

A regular day will see you:

- Contribute to positive patient outcomes by ensuring all elements of delegated work is completed accurately and in accordance with Austin Health policies and procedures
- Participate in delegated aspects of care to assist activities of daily living for selected patients, including but not limited to:

- assistance with personal hygiene
- assistance with nutritional needs
- assistance with mobility, transfers and positioning within the ward
- assistance with elimination needs

**About you**

To be successful in this role you'll bring with you:

- A commitment to Austin Health values.
- Hold a Certificate III Health Assistant (Nursing) - Commenced after January 2013
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team
- A willingness to contribute to quality patient care
- Well-developed interpersonal skills, including an ability to communicate effectively with other staff, patients and families
- Commitment to a professional work ethic
- Commitment to ongoing career development
- Basic computer skills
- Recent experience working in a healthcare setting

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, discounted car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists (delete childcare and PT if not based at Austin Hospital)
- Five weeks annual leave, plus purchased leave options _(delete or change if not applicable)_
- Flexible, hybrid working arrangements _(delete if not applicable_)n at Austin

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