Personal Care Worker - Epping Meadows Care Community

Permanent & casual opportunities with flexible hours across 7 days on all shifts - open to all experience levels! Located in Epping Meadows Care Community.

At Opal HealthCare, we know that companies don’t succeed, people do. 

Opal Healthcare is Australia’s largest residential aged care provider, with 133 Care Communities and over 20,000 team members nationwide. Our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence are at the heart of everything we do.

All applicants will be contacted for an interview as soon as possible**

About the role:

• Based at Epping Meadows Care Community nestled in a quiet residential suburb in northern Melbourne, with local parks, reserves and the amenities of Westfield Plenty Valley nearby.
• Permanent Full Time, Part Time & casual opportunities 
• $31.24 – $33.14 base per hour (depending on experience level and qualification) + penalties + 11.5% Super
• $46.86 - $49.71 weekend penalty rates

At Opal HealthCare we are dedicated to our purpose to bring joy to those we care for. In joining Opal, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

• Work/life balance with flexible work hours – opportunity to work casual or permanent shifts
• Dedicated mentoring & internal/external career development programs to build and accelerate your career - such as Nurse Graduate programs, Emerging Leadership Programs, Senior Leaders programs and more via our very own Opal Healthcare Academy https://academy.opalhealthcare.com.au/
• Sponsored study & training along with Scholarship opportunities of up to $15,000 for further education & training through local & national University, TAFE & RTO partnerships
• Leave loading: opportunity to withdraw leave 
• Public holidays: your choice of getting paid public holiday rates or receiving an extra day off with time in lieu
• Paid parental leave: 5 weeks for primary carer & 4 weeks for non-primary carer + receive additional 5 weeks of leave upon returning to work after 3 months
• Employee Referral Program – earn up to $5,000 in incentives for inviting your friends to work
• Getting to work – free onsite parking & easy access via bus locate just outside the care community
• Internal & external training programs
• National secondment opportunities to diversify your experience   
• Sector leading training, systems & innovation

Qualifications accepted:

• Cert iii & iv in Individual Support / Aged Care
• Cert in Disability
• Nursing students

Please note all applicants must be willing to complete a pre-employment medical, police clearance and NDIS worker’s clearance.