AddressMackay Hospital and Health Service provides health services in a range of regional, community and rural settings. Join an expanding Health Service with a culture of collaboration, trust, respect and teamwork. Our workplace is fast paced, challenging and supportive, where every employee plays a critical role in our success.
Working for Mackay Hospital and Health Service whether in regional, rural and remote will give you unique opportunities that you won’t experience in any metropolitan hospital.
Role details
The Whitsunday Home and Community Care Team at the Proserpine Hospital is seeking applications for a Home Care Worker to join their team on a casual basis.
How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
To provide high quality support services to frail, older people in order to maximise their independence at Home and in the community. To be supported by a highly motivated, consumer focused Home Care Coordination Team, liaising closely with Community Allied Health Professionals.
About the Team
Whitsunday District Home Care Service is funded by the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) to provide accessible, flexible and goal orientated basic support services. Our service is also an Approved Aged Care Provider, providing Home Packages to eligible consumers under Client Directed Care.
Whitsunday Home Care Service provides basic support services, predominately Domestic Assistance and Social Support to approximately 250 consumers within the Whitsunday district.
Potential CHSP consumers are registered and screened by “My Aged Care” and if eligible referred for assessment by a Regional Assessment Service (RAS). Assessment is based on assisting frail aged people, people with a disability and their carers to continue to live in the community as independently as possible.
The Whitsunday Home Care operates as part of the Whitsunday Health Service, Proserpine Hospital. The office is in the Whitsunday Community Health Campus, 12 Altman Avenue Cannonvale.
About our Hospital and Health Service
has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- Flexible working arrangements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
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