Retirement Living Assistant

BlueCare |Retirement Living Assistant | Bundaberg

• Fantastic casual opportunity to work overnight shifts.  Allowing you to maintain current commitments.

• $28.94 per hour + Casual loading + Salary packaging benefits + 12% super + Staff discounts

• Rewarding employment opportunities, making a difference in your local community

Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare

We're looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.

An integral part of our big-hearted BlueCare team, as a Retirement Living Assistant, you'll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.

Let's make a meaningful difference, together.

Your part in the Blue Care Team

Our dynamic retirement livings team at Argyle Gardens Retirement Village in Bundaberg is looking for committed and passionate Retirement Living Assistants to join their dedicated and close-knit team on a part time basis.

Blue Care operate over 35 retirement villages across Queensland, with more than 3,300 residents choosing to make a Blue Care communities their home.

Reporting to the Village Manager, the role will see you upkeeping the cleaning and maintenance of the site to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all residents. As well as being the point of contact for Emergency Response as part of the overnight on-call services.  Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensure cleanliness of the facility and all equipment or furniture is maintained to a high standard at all times.

• Ensure all equipment is stored and used according to organisational guidelines.

• Manage emergency response procedures, including medical attention as required, is provided and documented in accordance with RVA accreditation guidelines, UnitingCare contracts and resident contracts.

• Ensure all emergency response is conducted in a timely manner in accordance with organisational standards.

• Respond to resident alarms, applying basic first aid here required and informing/engaging the appropriate authorities.

• Investigate and report on site maintenance issues to relevant staff.

What makes a difference for us?

• Previous experience working in hospitality service delivery.

• Excellent attention to detail

• Demonstrated experience in responding to Workplace Health and Safety emergency procedures

• Current first aid certificate and CPR certificate

• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team.

• Experience in retirement living, senior's housing or aligned sector is highly regarded.

Employee Benefits:  

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum 

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs  

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme  

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events 

• Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference   

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we'd love you to be too

Joining the state's largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly  

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:  

• Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children  

• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur  

Diversity & Inclusion  

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email

Safe workplace  

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.