Health Care Workers | Residential Care
Fixed Term Full Time or Part Time and Casual Positions Available

The Health Service:

Grampians Health (GH) was established on 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope & District Memorial Hospital (EDMH), Stawell Regional Health (SRH), Wimmera Health Care Group (WHCG) and Ballarat Health Services (BHS) to provide high quality and accessible health care services in each of the communities we serve.

We believe our communities deserve safe, sustainable healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term. Together we are working to find a better way to deliver:

• improved quality and utilisation of services
• increased long term sustainability across all services
• improved opportunities for recruiting, developing and retaining health workforces
• higher quality care, safer practices and better systems, and
• further community trust and engagement in local health services.

About Us:
Macpherson Smith Residential Care is a 36-bed facility providing quality care to our community. We are a caring and energetic team who share the likeminded goal of providing excellence in residential care. Our home is well supported by our Allied Health and Leisure and Lifestyle team to deliver personalised care, individual choice and quality outcomes for all people.

We are looking for applicants who enjoy working in residential care, providing person centered and professional support in daily living activities.

You will be passionate about residential care and enjoy making a positive difference to an older person's day.

You will be working with a team of dedicated and professional staff, providing a range of care and support to residents in a homely residential care environment.

About You:

• Minimum of Certificate III or IV in Community Services (Home and Community Care or Aged Care), including the personal care module
• Experience and enjoyment of working in the aged care / community services area
• Kindness, patience and common sense
• Understanding and knowledge of the needs of frail aged people and people with disabilities
• Ability to work positively within a team and follow direction
• Willingness to undertake shift work as required

Applying for the Role:

• Enquiries can be made to Tahnya Robson – Acting Nurse Unit Manager on (03) 5358 8558
• Online applications are to be submitted via the website link
• In order to be considered for this position you will be required to attach a current resume and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria

 Visit us at www.srh.org.au  

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

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.

Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual (or allies) LGBTQIA+.