Care Companion

at  Mercy Health

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Various
Job type: Full time, Part time, Casual
Organisation: Mercy Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing, Aged Care
Reference: 17753

ABOUT US:

Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women’s health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

Summary of the role: Located in Young, NSW, we are a 62 bed Residential Aged Care Facility, with Care Companions providing services in a home like environment. Are you passionate about high quality aged care services? A good team player? Kind, compassionate and caring? Then we would love to talk to you about joining our team.

• Permanent Full Time, Part Time and Casual Positions available across AM/PM and ND
• Providing care and support to our residents at our Aged Care home located in HOME Responsibilities include everyday activities of meal preparation, cleaning, personal hygiene, general activity, medication administration, leisure activities and other general household duties
• Promoting the physical and emotional wellbeing of residents by partnering with residents to be involved in the meaningful activities of their life
• Salary is in line with Enterprise Agreement and will be based on your years of experience (hourly base rate between $28.66-$31.36)