About the role
Mercy Community Aged Care Servicesare on the search for Assistant in Nursing (AIN) to join our team in Loreto - Townsville. We are seeking to fill the following AIN roles:
* Permanent Part Time role: AM (morning shifts) 0630-1430, Monday to Friday
* Casual role: Night shifts 2215-0645, Monday to Friday
Pay level for this role ranges from $28.27 - $31.21 (pending experience/qualification) per hour + superannuation
Under the direction of the Clinical Nurse Consultant and/or Registered Nurse team, the Assistant in Nursing is responsible for delivering focused person-centered care and assistance with daily living activities.
This role tasks include but not limited to -
* Assist residents with daily activities such as personal hygiene, transferring clients (e.g. hoist equipment or slide sheets)
* Maintaining cleanliness and comfort of resident/s rooms
* Observe, report and respond to all changes in resident/s health and wellbeing
* Actively monitoring residents’ condition and report any changes in condition or behaviour to the Registered Nurse
About you:
* Certificate III in Individualised Support – Aged Care or similar qualification
* Willing to work the shifts as mentioned in the job advertisement
Why Mercy Community
Mercy Community a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting families and young people, people living with a disability and the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.
At Mercy Community, we support our employees to reach for opportunities both within their area of expertise as well as in a new field. Build a career with us and explore the possibilities of moving upwards into leadership roles or discover a new location across our broad geographic footprint.
Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:
* Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
* Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
* Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors
Depending on your role, you may also be eligible:
* For annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
* To receive pay bonus’ of $500 for successful employee referrals
* To cash out or purchase annual leave and to take advantage of extra leave entitlements
We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.
APPLY NOW! Closing date for this role is 24/10/2024. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly.
For any queries, please contact MCSCareers.Mailbox@mercycs.org.au.
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