Healthcare Worker

Continuing & Complex Care

Permanent Part Time - 32 hours per week

IN38 - Healthcare Worker Grade 2

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This is an exciting opportunity to join our Continuing & Complex Care team as we expand our services to our local community, through our Post Acute-Care program where the successful candidate/s will provide personal care assistance, home care, shopping assistance and meal preparation services to our clients having been discharged from hospital. Our people are key to the care we provide to the clients we are privileged to serve. Providing sufficient hours and work for our critical care workforce is one of the most important ways we can support our people. The position will suit a suitably qualified Healthcare Worker/s with a minimum qualification of Certificate III training, you will be supplied with a work vehicle and mobile phone to use during you shifts, with specific days and hours of work to be negotiated with the successful candidate/s.  We offer a friendly, team focused work environment, comprehensive orientation to the department and organisation, in house salary packaging and free car parking. We have a learning culture that encourages ongoing education and offer generous study leave, support and assistance from our Educators.

REQUIREMENTS

• Certificate lll or Diploma
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Well-developed communication, interpersonal, negotiation and problem solving skills.
• Commitment to oversee the processes required for a quality service with a patient centred focus.
• Police Check and current working with Children Check

IMPORTANT: All staff employed in the healthcare/aged care sector are required to be fully (3 doses) vaccinated for COVID-19 (unless a valid exemption applies). Evidence of vaccination (or exemption) will be required to be provided prior to commencement.

About our organisation

The West Gippsland Healthcare Group is a growing regional health service, providing acute medical and surgical, obstetric, emergency, residential care and community health services to one of the fastest growing Local Government Areas in the country – Baw Baw Shire. The Hospital cares for approximately 11,600 inpatients, makes nearly 28,000 community visits and sees more than 20,000 emergency presentations each year.

The administrative headquarters is located at West Gippsland Hospital in Warragul. Warragul is a 30 minute drive from Pakenham along the freeway – against the traffic! And with FREE PARKING!  We also offer Salary packaging to help lessen the amount of tax you pay on your income. We are the largest employer in Warragul and are committed to building on our organisation’s strengths by welcoming people with our shared values of Respect, Accountability, Leadership, Collaboration and Improvement. Staff and community engagement are pivotal in ensuring we provide high quality healthcare at all times.

We are well aware our hospital is aging but are excited at the news that our new state of the art hospital and public aged care facility is coming. A 23.6 hectare site at Lardners Track in Drouin East was acquired by West Gippsland Healthcare Group for a future hospital back in 2007. The new hospital is set to feature 233-beds and 33 emergency department treatment spaces as well as aged care and an expanded maternity facility. We pride ourselves on the quality of care that’s delivered by our incredible staff. You won’t find a more friendly and welcoming team than the West Gippsland Healthcare Group. We care for our community because we are the community! The boost in capacity means more patients can be treated faster.

Working with us

All appointments with the West Gippsland Healthcare Group are subject to the satisfactory return of professional reference checks, a National Police Record Clearance/NDIS worker screening clearance and a current Employee Working with Children Check. All employees must hold current entitlement to work within Australia. A six month probationary period applies to all new appointments.

Further details and how to apply

Applications must be submitted via our recruitment portal (wghg.mercury.com.au) and must include a current CV, response to the selection criteria and a covering letter. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to provide at least 2 professional referees. If you have any further queries, please contact Susan Smith, Continuing & Complex Care Manager on 562 40575.

Applications close on Tuesday 11th April 2023

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As an inclusive employer, committed to improving diversity and equity in our workforce, we encourage applications from all parts of our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, LGBTI people, and people with lived experience of disability.

As a Child Safe organisation, West Gippsland Healthcare Group promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children, including those with disability.