AddressPERSONAL CARER - NIGHT SHIFT IN SMALL DEMENTIA SPECIFIC WARD
70 HOURS PER FORTNIGHT
Position summary
The Personal Carer is a direct team member in Cultura’s Residential Aged Care Facility. Each shift, the Personal Carer may work with an Enrolled Nurse/Enrolled Nurse (Medication Endorsed) or Registered Nurse Grade 1 team leader, and is responsible to the shift Charge Nurse through to the General Manager – Residential.
Personal carer duties include providing and documenting person-centred care, including support
with intimate care and hygiene, as well as supporting and encouraging residents to remain
independent and to enjoy life.
Duties:
▪ Assisting with exercise routines as prescribed
▪ Providing support with personal hygiene including bathing, toileting, dressing and brushing
teeth
▪ Engaging residents in suitable activities such as playing games, and having conversations
▪ Performing basic housekeeping duties, including cleaning and laundry
▪ Accompanying residents to medical appointments
▪ Serving meals and assisting with feeding
▪ Caring for pressure areas
▪ Providing mobility support, including assistance with walking aids, wheelchairs and hoist use
▪ Maintaining a hygienic, tidy and safe environment
▪ Providing immobile, recovering, or frail residents with support, company and comfort.
Qualifications and experience
Essential
▪ Experience with dementia residents
- Certificate III in Aged Care or Individual Support.
▪ 3 dose covid vaccination
▪ Basic computer skills, For example, keyboard skills/data entry
▪ Experience caring for elderly people, for example, in residential and/or community aged care setting or supported residential service.
▪ Willingness to contribute as a team member to the creation and maintenance of a friendly and warm living environment for all Cultura residents.
Desirable:
▪ Certificate IV in Aged Care or Individual Support
- Dementia training
▪ Understanding of the migrant experience, with empathy and sensitivity to the needs of the elderly from different cultural backgrounds.
▪ Languages other than English will be highly regarded.
