Personal Care Assistant – Stroke/Neurology
Permanent Part-Time (0.6FTE)
Cabrini 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.
We’re seeking a compassionate and dedicated Personal Care Assistant (PCA) to join our Stroke/Neurology ward at Cabrini Malvern. In this role, you’ll work closely with our nursing staff to provide safe, respectful, and high-quality care to patients and their families during a critical time in their health journey.
About the Role
As a Personal Care Assistant (PCA), you will play an important role in supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care under the supervision of Registered Nurses.
This position requires flexibility to work a variety of shifts across a 7-day rotating roster, including mornings, afternoons, weekends, and public holidays. Flexibility to cover a range of shifts will be highly regarded.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide personal care and support as directed by the registered nurse
Monitor and report changes in patient condition
Assist with maintaining a clean and comfortable patient environment
Respond to patient and family enquiries, escalating as appropriate
Uphold patient privacy, dignity, and cultural sensitivities
About You
You’re a team player with a passion for patient care and a strong sense of empathy.
You will also have:
A qualification in Health Services Assistance, Individual Support or equivalent; or
Current Nursing Student (Year 2 or above) with completed acute clinical placement
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
A collaborative mindset and ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team
Professionalism and discretion when handling sensitive situations
Previous experience in an acute hospital setting (highly regarded)
Interested? For further information view the full position description here OR contact Sameer Vohra - Nurse Manager on 9508 8653
Apply early! This role may close sooner than the listed closing date if we find the right candidate – so don’t wait to get your application in.
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 plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.
Welcome to Cabrini Health
Cabrini is owned and operated by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus who came to Australia in 1948 to take over the management of a 45-bed community hospital named St Benedict’s. Cabrini now has more than 800 beds and a comprehensive range of health services. There are acute facilities at Malvern and Brighton. The Cabrini Institute supports education and research, in order to continually improve the quality of care and educate tomorrow’s health professionals. Cabrini Technology provides an innovative, independent information and healthcare technology service to organisations throughout Australasia and has headquarters in Mount Waverley. More recently, Cabrini has established an Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Hub in Brunswick, which provides access to a range of health services for people seeking asylum and newly arrived refugees.
Cabrini is a not-for-profit health service and all surpluses are used to develop our services and facilities to provide the best possible care for patients and families. Cabrini supports and operates a number of other programs for disadvantaged people in our community.
Patient care is the primary focus of our work and at the heart of all we do.
