BlueCare | Retirement Living Assistant | Fraser Shore 2 Retirement Village

• Fantastic permanent part time opportunity to work overnight shifts. Allowing you to maintain current commitments.
• $27.93 per hour + Salary packaging benefits + 11.5% 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.
What makes a difference for you?

With a Blue Nurses legacy dating back to 1953, BlueCare is one of Queensland’s largest and most trusted not-for-profit providers of community and in-home care, residential aged care, disability services and retirement living.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• 12 weeks paid parental leave in addition to the government scheme
• Access to salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits - up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
• 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

Your part in our Blue Care team
Our dynamic retirement livings team at Fraser Shores2 Retirement Village in Hervey Bay is looking for committed and passional 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.

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.
Start making a difference today
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.
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

• 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