Home Care Worker

**Work in an environment that offers**:

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

**The Position**

**Job Reference**: 2403

**Position Title**: Home Care Worker - Community Nursing and Home Care Services
**Classification**: HC22
**Salary per hour (exc. super)**:$30.82
**Hours per fortnight**: Up to 76
**Employment Status**: Ongoing Part Time, Fixed Term and Casual opportunities available

**Closing date**:29/06/2025

**We have multiple positions available in our Home Care Workforce**

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

As one of our Health Care Workers, you have the opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, on every shift. We offer flexible rostering to suit your needs including shorter or longer shifts. Multiple positions are available within our Home Care Workforce - Part Time and Full time opportunities available.

Bendigo Health offers the following benefits and allowances to Home Care Workers:

- Paid travel time and travel allowance of 99 cents per kilometre
- First Aid Allowance
- Laundry Allowance
- Paid inhouse training hours to build your skills relevant to your position
- Home Care Workers to help induct and mentor you

Successful applicants will:

- make a positive difference in the lives of our clients within a community setting
- have strong, proactive interpersonal skills to build relationships with clients
- have the ability to work independently
- a reliable, suitable, insured vehicle and valid driver's licence to drive between client's homes and driver clients as required
- hold a Certificate III or IV in Aged Care/Individual Support or Certificate IV in Disability or completion of 2nd year Bachelor of Nursing

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

**Working with Bendigo Health**

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.
- We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including:

- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Career development and education opportunities
- Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay and reduce your tax each fortnight
- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

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

**Your new division**

The **Community and Continuing Care Division**provides a broad range of high-quality, person-centred care programs and services to consumers in inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. Each service within the division is designed to ensure holistic care and improve the overall well-being of our patients and communities.

**Bendigo Region**

Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 320,000 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.

**Interested?**

We’d love to hear from you Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.

Need more information? Please contact **Colleen Petrie** on **(03) 5454 8081** for a confidential discussion.

**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.