About the role

Do you want to be part of a welcoming, supportive team where your contributions are valued, and career growth is encouraged? Mercy Community Aged Care Services is looking for compassionate Assistants in Nursing (AINs) to join our dedicated team at Loreto – Townsville.

We are looking for AIN's who can commit to Full Time and Part Time shifts!

Under the direction of the Clinical Nurse Consultant and/or Registered Nurse team, the Assistant in Nursing is responsible for delivering focused person-cantered care and assistance with daily living activities.

This role tasks include but not limited to -

• Assist residents with daily activities such as personal hygiene, transferring clients (e.g. hoist equipment or slide sheets)
• Maintaining cleanliness and comfort of resident/s rooms
• Observe, report and respond to all changes in resident/s health and wellbeing
• Actively monitoring residents’ condition and report any changes in condition or behaviour to the Registered Nurse

About you:

• Certificate III in Individualised Support – Aged Care or similar qualification
• A caring and compassionate nature with a strong commitment to resident care
• The ability to work well in a team-focused environment

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

At Mercy Community, we support our employees to reach for opportunities both within their area of expertise as well as in a new field. Build a career with us and explore the possibilities of moving upwards into leadership roles or discover a new location across our broad geographic footprint.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

• Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
• Benyfits – is an employee benefits program designed to help you save money on living costs
• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $156 if you need both cards!
• Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services through our Employee Assistance Program

We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.

For any queries, please contact [email protected].

Mercy Community Services is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.