Team Leader - Aged Care

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Work type: Casual, Permanent
Location: Doncaster East
Categories: Nursing

Team Leader - Aged Care at Calvary Millward, Doncaster East.

  • Progress with purpose at one of Australia’s largest health care providers
  • Get ahead with salary packaging, benefits and professional development in a supportive team environment
  • Casual Opportunity.
About the role
 
The Team Leader is responsible for supporting the Care and Support team members to provide high quality care to our residents at all times, by understanding who the residents are including their identity, culture, diversity, beliefs and life experiences.
 
The Team Leader supports the Clinical Care Coordinator and Registered Nurse to supervise and coordinate care to the residents across the home whilst actively ensuring the individual needs, wishes and goals of each resident is met within an environment where they feel supported, valued and treated with dignity and respect.
 
Part time positions available - various shifts available across a fortnightly roster.
 
Your main duties will include:
  • Actively involved in the provision of resident care, knowing the residents individual needs to ensure care plan needs are being met.
  • Provide social and emotional support to all residents ensuring that care provision is holistic and person centred.
  • Support the coordination of the care needs of residents across the home including medication management, nutrition and hydration, pressure care management
  • Identify and escalate any concern with residents to the Registered Nurse or Clinical Care Coordinator.
  • Assist with coordination of meal delivery and food service, including actively responding to resident requests relating to hydration and nutrition
About you
  • Certificate IV in Ageing Support - including HLTHPS007 Administer & Monitor Medicines OR Diploma of Enrolled Nursing with APRHA Registration (endorsed) OR Diploma of Enrolled Nursing (non-endorsed) with HLTHPS007 Administer & Monitor Medicines
  •  High level of commitment, integrity, honesty and trustworthiness
  •  An effective listener with the ability to communicate at all levels both orally and in writing
  •  Ability to understand and use information technology and programs and to learn new skills as required.
  •  Current National police check
  •  NDIS Worker Screening check
  • Working knowledge of WH&S and Infection Control 

 

Your benefits: 
  • NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships 
  • Paid parental leave 
  • Training, development pathways and career opportunities
  • Flexible hours that make sense for you
Why work for Calvary?
 
At Calvary, our staff matter. 
 
With over 130 years’ experience and 18,000 staff and volunteers, we offer an inclusive and welcoming culture where you are valued, drawing on your own strengths, identity and background alongside a team of professionals who care for our patients, residents and clients.
 
As we serve the community across Home, Virtual and Residential Aged Care, Retirement Living and Hospitals, one thing sets us apart. Care from the heart. If this sounds like you, apply for a role with Calvary today.
 
Please note the following:
  • As part of the application process, you will be required to complete pre-employment checks which may include, but is not limited to reference checks, work rights, criminal history check, NDIS/WWCC/WWVP checks, and a health evaluation to ensure suitability for the role

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