Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers
We are seeking Healthcare Assistants to join our Bureau services. Additionally, as we settle our Home Care services, we are excited to welcome applications from Support Workers!
Location: We have exciting job opportunities available throughout New Zealand! We encourage applicants from all regions to apply. In your cover letter, please specify the locations where you are willing to work, and which positions better suits your skills and preferences.
Please note that no visa support is available for these positions, so you must have a valid right to work in New Zealand.
Main Locations:
- Napier/Hastings
- New Plymouth
- Christchurch
- Wellington
Hours of work: Casual on-call (confirmed prior to each assignment).
About the Roles:
Healthcare Assistant: As a Healthcare Assistant, you will be deployed to complete temporary assignments across various aged care facilities in your region. You will gain a broad range of experience and deliver quality care to residents. Your main responsibilities will be:
- Report to the charge nurse and complete delegated tasks in a timely manner
- Residents’ personal care tasks i.e. hygiene, grooming, toileting, shaving, brushing of teeth and hair
- Maintain documents in resident healthcare records
Support Workers: As a Support Worker, you will work in the client's house following a care plan that may include some or all of the below:
- Personal care e.g. hygiene, grooming, toileting, shaving,
- Meal preparation
- Community outings and integration
- Giving medication
- Manual handling and hoist transfers
- Housework
Skills and Experience
- You need to be a New Zealand Citizen/Resident or have open work visa
- New Zealand Certificate in Health and wellbeing is desirable (overseas qualifications are recognized as per Pay Equity*)
- Experience as a caregiver or support worker
- People skills with empathy for the elderly and their families
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- The flexibility to work on a shift basis
- These positions require a full/restricted NZ driver's licence and your own reliable transport
Qualifications equivalency can be checked on Te Whatu Ora's website: "Pay Equity and Qualification Equivalencies" Pay Equity and Qualification Equivalencies
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