Personal Care Worker

About the Company

About the Role

Responsibilities

• ● Focuses on customers and residents using person centered approach, demonstrates values of patience, empathy and listening and respects the customer's diverse and unique needs.
• ● Attends to the personal care needs of customers, with a focus on those requiring additional support due to specific physical limitations or frailty.
• ● Identifies and reports changes in customers' circumstances and capacity to more senior staff members, monitors and record clients' vital signs and assist with medication management, including reminders and administration as prescribed.
• ● Provides manual handling assistance to customers with daily tasks, supports customers with daily hygiene routines, including showers or baths, shaving, and nail care. Assists customers with their aids, such as applying surgical/support stockings or operating a tens machine.

Requirements

• ● Studying towards Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) is desirable.
• ● Previous experience in providing personal care services to individuals with physical or mental disabilities, elderly or chronically ill patients.
• ● Proficient in activities of daily living, person centered practice, medication administration & monitoring and providing medical and personal support and care to patients/residents.
• ● Excellent analytical thinking, communication, customer experience, emotional intelligence, planning and prioritisation and results orientation skills.
• ● About this location: Tannoch Brae, located in St Albans Park Geelong, has been designed to ensure comfort and quality care in a home-like environment, for every resident. Our home offers an atmosphere of community and family. Residents can relax and enjoy the peaceful enclose
• ● Why Work For Bolton Clarke:
• ● Excellent work/life balance with shifts that suit your personal needs
• ● A caring team environment with strong clinical and allied health support
• ● Career progression and development opportunities
• ● Generous salary packaging and not-for-profit tax benefits - claim up to 18,550 tax free
• ● Private health insurance and gym discounts
• ● An Employee Assistance Program for staff and family
• ● Apply Now: Our application process takes 10 minutes to apply, please follow the below link to start your application.
• ● Our commitment to diversity: At Bolton Clarke we expect our staff to respect and value differences in age, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status and family or marital status.
• ● Appointment to this position and ongoing employment is subject to your commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion.
• ● If you have any further queries, please contact Umangiben Patel ([email protected])