Deliver Meaningful Life Programs to our residents! Leadership role offering Full time hours, working Monday - Friday. Located in Warrnambool.

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 @ Warrnambool Riverside Care Community
• Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm
• Lead the Meaningful Life program in the Care Community
• Develop opportunities for meaningful engagement, purposeful participation, social events and activities for all residents
• Drive Opal HealthCare initiatives including Meaningful Mates and Helping Hands
• Curate programs to support residents’ physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing and overall quality of life
• Develop resident care plans and complete key lifestyle assessments
• Work together with clinical teams and allied health professions provide a tailored approach for each resident to aid their mobility and independence
• Coach care team members to deliver meaningful engagements between like-minded residents
• Liaise with residents to develop activities and engagements that meet their cultural, spiritual, social and physical needs and preferences
• Engage with residents’ families to encourage visitation and socialisation
• Demonstrate Person Centred Care principles approach
• Tertiary qualifications desirable

This is not just a job but a career! Join us to make a meaningful difference.

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
• 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
• Internal & external training programs
• National secondment opportunities to diversify your experience
• Sector leading training, systems & innovation

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