Personal Care Worker

**Personal Care Worker**
**Central Allocations Unit - Casual Bank**
**IN38-IN39**

**About the role**

To maintain your position within the Central Allocations Unit, a commitment of four shifts per fortnight is expected. Our casual bank, overseen by the Central Allocations Unit operating seven days a week, utilises an electronic rostering system to match staff with shifts based on their availability, communicated via text or phone call.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Maintaining accurate availability in our electronic rostering system and accepting shifts based on availability
- Assisting residents to meet their needs as defined by them in a variety of Care Community settings
- 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
- 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)
- Assist Clients With Medication Unit, desirable but not essential
- 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

**About Grampians Health**
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

**Culture & Benefits**
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
- Staff rewards and recognition programs

**How to apply**
Click **APPLY** or contact the CAU Recruitment Team on 5320 6401 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._

**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 : Our casual bank staff are frequently required to fill shifts with little/short notice. Please detail your current availability, and how many shifts per week are you able to commit to?
- Essential : Please describe your previous experience relevant to the Personal Care Worker position?
- 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 three doses of a COVID19 vaccine? If no, please provide further detail regarding doses received, booking dates and/or other relevant information.