Personal Care Assistant - Casual

Personal Care Assistant
Casual positions
Malvern

We’re building for the better!
By 2036, more than 150,000 patients will look to us for healthcare every year.

At Cabrini Health we champion community, compassion and career fulfilment. Our teams are united by the shared purpose of making a meaningful contribution to exceptional, patient-centred care in well- resourced, world class facilities that inspire you to perform at your best and continuously grow professionally.

Join the Cabrini Casual Bank team and enjoy flexible work while making a meaningful difference to patient care.
We are seeking compassionate, reliable and adaptable Personal Care Assistants (PCAs) to support our nursing teams across a range of acute inpatient specialties.

As part of our flexible Bank workforce, you'll have the opportunity to work across various clinical areas with shifts available across AM, PM and Night Duty, including evening shifts such as 4:00 pm–12:00 am and 6:00 pm–2:00 am.

About the Role

Working alongside nursing staff, you will help deliver safe, high-quality patient care by assisting with:

• Personal care including hygiene, dressing, feeding and toileting
• Patient mobility, transfers and manual handling
• Patient observation and routine care
• Maintaining a safe and organised ward environment
• Supporting patient flow and ward operations
• Providing compassionate, patient-centred care within multidisciplinary teams

About You

You are caring, flexible and enjoy working in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

Essential:

• Certificate III in Health Services Assistance, Individual Support or equivalent; or
• Current Nursing Student (Year 2 or above) with completed acute clinical placement
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work across a variety of clinical areas
• Understanding of patient dignity, confidentiality and safe care principles
• Availability to work a 24/7 roster

Desirable:

• Acute hospital experience
• Experience across multiple specialties
• Knowledge of infection prevention and manual handling
• Experience using electronic hospital systems

Why Join Cabrini Bank?

• Flexible shifts to suit your lifestyle
• Gain experience across a range of specialties
• Supportive and collaborative team environment
• Opportunity to build your acute care skills
• Meaningful work in a leading private healthcare organisation

Employment Requirements

Successful applicants will be required to provide:

• National Police Check
• Working with Children Check
• Evidence of immunisation compliance
• Australian working rights
• Evidence of qualifications and/or clinical placement

Interested? For further information view the full position description here or contact Cassie Rudd-Schmidt - Clinical Operations Coordinator on 9508 1907

If you're passionate about delivering exceptional patient care and enjoy the variety that Casual Bank work offers, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza and COVID-19 (recommended), plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested.