Personal Care Worker

**Personal Care Worker**
**Central Allocations Unit - Nursing Support Unit**
**Permanent - Part Time (minimum 40 - 72 hours per fortnight)**
**IN38-IN39**

**About the role**

NSU staff have permanent hours and an electronic roster which advises shift locations. NSU staff are required to work AM, PM and Night Duty shifts. NSU staff are required to input their shift requests into our electronic rostering system for review.

To be considered for this role you must be living in the Ballarat region. We are not able to consider applicants who are currently studying for this role.

You will be required to provide 2 referees, one being your current Facility Manager / NUM and the second another manager / supervisor. Newly qualified carers can provide placement manager / course coordinator and a manager from a current / recent employer.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Assisting residents to meet their needs as defined by them in a variety of aged care setting
- Provide resident focused and holistic care under the supervision of the Registered & Enrolled Nurses
- Accurate documentation of resident care and meeting of health service guidelines
- Ensure a clean and safe environment for residents, visitors and staff
- Provide resident focused service in relation to meals / food services
- Demonstrated ability to function within a team
- Participate in annual performance reviews
- Commitment to ongoing mandatory education

**Skills and experience**
- Successful completion of a Certificate III in Individual Support (or relevant equivalent)
- Desirable, but not essential, to have completed the Assist Clients With Medication unit
- Current HLTFSE001 - Follow Basic Food Handling Practices certificate, or willingness to obtain
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willingness to obtain
- Current Working with Children Check, or willingness to obtain
- Previous experience in a similar role would be preferred, but is not essential

**Grampians Health Culture & Benefit**

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Paid orientation
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Discounted on-site parking
- Staff rewards and recognition programs

**How to apply**

Click **APPLY** or contact Melanie Robillard, Recruitment Officer, on 5320 6577 for a confidential discussion.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
- Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people._
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**Selection Criteria**
- Essential : Have you completed a Certificate III in Individual Support or equivalent?
- Desirable : Have you completed the unit HLTHPS006 Assist Clients with Medications or equivalent?
- Essential : Have you completed HLTFSE001 - Follow Basic Food Safety Practices in the past 12 months?
- Essential : What is your current availability, and how many shifts per week are you able to commit to?
- Essential : Do you have any restrictions on participating in a 24hr 7 day a week roster?
- Essential : Please describe your previous experience relevant to the Personal Care Worker position?
- Essential : Nursing Support Unit staff are required to work across all Directorates; acute, sub-acute and residential aged care settings. Are you willing to work across all 3 Directorates?
- Essential : Describe a time when you went above and beyond your job requirements to achieve an objective. (Looking for: the situation, what you did, why you did it and what the outcome was).
- Essential : Describe a situation in which you identified a problem and took action to correct it rather than wait for someone else to do so. (Looking for: the situation, what you did, why you did it and what the outcome was).
- Essential : Tell us about something you've done to encourage a peer/coworker to take responsibility for improving their own work standards. (Looking for: the situation, what you did, why you did it and what the outcome was)
- Essential : What does person centered care mean to you? Can you provide us with a specific example of a time when you demonstrated person centered care?
- Essential : Tell us what each of the following values mean to you and provide a specific example of a time when you demonstrated each value at work? Respect, Accountability, Innovation, Collaboration and Compassion.
- Essential : Have you received two doses of a COVID19 vaccine? If no, please provide further detail regarding doses received, booking dates and/or other relevant information.