Personal Care Assistants - Expression of Interest

Mercy Community Services supports and inspires people in need to live healthy lives within inclusive communities. Our 203-bed residential facility offers a range of services and believes a big part of what we do is to help our clients flourish, knowing what is important to them and their individual needs. We have flexible shifts available to suit your lifestyle, free on-site parking and as a not-for-profit you will enjoy the benefits of salary packaging to increase your take home pay. We are currently inviting expressions of interest for experienced carers to join our team.   

As a motivated and passionate Personal Care Assistant, you will be assisting residents in their daily activities, delivering the best possible care, ensuring wellbeing, comfort and the best possible care. 

$ 30.11 per hour plus penalties plus superannuation plus generous salary packaging available 

What you’ll be doing

• Assisting residents in their daily activities, delivering the best possible care, ensuring wellbeing and comfort
• Maintaining a friendly homelike environment where residents are encouraged to engage in activities of their choice
• Ensuring the safe and appropriate use of equipment, with an emphasis on resident comfort and safety 
• Aspects of personal hygiene – showering, continence, bedding, and clothing
• Observing, reporting, and responding to all changes in resident health and wellbeing including maintaining accurate, factual, and thorough progress notes
• Ensuring resident requests are attended to within the scope of their care plan and ensuring all complaints are resolved reported to the Care and Service Manager

About you:

• Certificate III in Individualised Support – Aged Care
• High level of interpersonal, customer service and conflict resolution skills as well as flexibility
• Ability to follow written instructions, comprehend care plans, and record accurate progress notes
• Able to work a variety of shifts across a 7-day roster

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit organisation, compassionately inspiring and supporting people to live hopeful, connected lives within inclusive communities. We support families and young people, people living with a disability, and older people, and live by our values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity and Empowerment. We have been providing services and support for over 150 years and our team operates across a network that encompasses urban, rural and remote communities.

Being part of the Mercy 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 is available
• Provide access to novated leases for a vehicle to help reduce your taxable income and other packaging benefits
• 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

You may also be eligible for:

• For annual COVID-19, 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.

We work in partnership with the Australian College of Nursing to deliver their free Aged Care Transition to Practice program to all Graduate Nurses.  As a successful applicant to this course, you are eligible to nine paid study days, this course articulates into points towards a Graduate Diploma and/or Master’s Degree.

For any queries, please contact MCSCareers.Mailbox@mercycs.org.au