Community Aide - Transitional Aged Care Program

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Community Aide
Remuneration: $59,163.49 - $62,701.20 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ499172Previous applicants need not applyWhere you'll be working
Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services. We are a major teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre, providing excellent healthcare to South Eastern Sydney and specialist health and medical services to NSW.Each year we care for more than 58,000 patients in our Emergency Department and have around 50,000 admissions to the inpatient units of our Hospital. We also have a busy outpatient service and rural outreach service and provide more than 900,000 occasions of non-admitted patient care each year.Our hospital is affiliated with various Universities and premier medical teaching facilities which enables our staff to provide excellence in healthcare in conjunction with our commitment to quality clinical teaching and leading medical research.The Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services maintains its vision to be a globally renowned world class facility, providing excellent personalised health and medical care to its patients, consumers and community; and empowering its staff to support and advocate for their patients, workplace and wider community.What we offer

• Additonal day off (ADO) for full time employees who work 38 hours per week and on a pay averaging arrangement.
• Leave loading and superannuation on top of the annual salary
• Development pathways that are aimed at career progression
• Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + novated leasing
• Corporate health and fitness program
• Inner city location with direct access to eastern suburbs beaches, restaurants and transport links that are right at the front door

What you'll be doing
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.The Transitional Aged Care Program (TACP) is a slow stream home based therapy program for older people living at home. Working as a values member of the TACP team, the Community Aide provides a high standard of individualised care to clients under the supervision of nursing, allied health and other clinicians, and the TACP manager. The role involves visiting clients at home, following the client care plans as set by TACP clinicians and providing feedback to clinicians and/or the TACP Manager if any client issues arise.Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.All Category A workers and new recruits are required to receive one dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine annually to be considered compliant.Category A workers and new recruits who are non-compliant with seasonal influenza vaccination or have a medical contraindication to influenza vaccinations must comply with all other infection control risk reduction strategies as directed while working in a Category A position.SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to:Selection Criteria: * Current unrestricted NSW Driver's Licence Class C

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of older people and their carers
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multi disciplinary team
• Experience in attending to client's personal care or willingness to support these activities
• Demonstrated good written and oral communication
• Computer literacy and willingness to learn new computer programs. Ability to document in electronic medical records
• Knowledge of or experience in the safe manual handling of patients or clients
• Good organisation and time management skills

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For role related queries or questions contact Fiona Conacher on Fiona.Conacher@health.nsw.gov.auApplications Close: Sunday, 7th July 2024