Health Care Assistant -Community Health Service Kenepuru at Capital & Coast District Health Board (Wellington), Porirua Community

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Nau mai, haere mai ki Ūpoko ki te uru hauora.

Location:   Porirua

Service:    Community Health Service Kenepuru

Contract:  NZNO MECA Health Care Assistants & Hospital Aids

Salary:     $51,579 - $53,803

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

The Health Care Assistant-s position supports the acute flow and supported discharge of patients discharging from the hospital into the Kapiti community setting. The Health Care Assistant position works in the community setting with patients receiving personal care such as (showering) and Home Help (housework) helping with medication prompting and assists the District Nurse-s with wound dressing. 

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team

Community Health Service Kenepuru has a 30 hour per week Health Care Assistant (HCA), permanent position available. The shifts are 6 hour per day, rostered and rotating, morning shift 8am to 14.30pm, evening shifts from 4pm to 10pm when required.

This HCA position works autonomously in the community setting providing care to clients in their own homes. Community Health Services provides assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and support services to individuals and families.  We offer an orientation programme and on-going education to HCA-s.

The HCA-s provide assistance with activities of daily living such as personal care and household tasks for clients who are temporarily incapacitated through illness or post-surgery. A close relationship is maintained with the professional nursing staff (District Nurses) working in the area for on-going assessment and advice in delivery of personal care.

Moū - About you

You are required to have:

• Completed level three NZQA qualifications in Community Support Service (or its equivalent).
• Current driver-s licence and reliable transport
• Good keyboard skills
• Good communication skills
• The ability to be flexible and work autonomously 

E pā ana ki a tatou - About us

Here at the 2DHBs (Capital & Coast District Health Board and Hutt Valley District Health Boards) we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

The 2DHBs are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:

Capital and Coast DHB

Hutt Valley DHB

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email recruitment@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

2DHB requires ALL its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  To comply with the recent health order, applicants must have had their first dose AND their second dose no later than 1 January 2022.

We are not accepting applications that do not meet this criteria.

Please note we will be reviewing applications when received and will progress through the recruitment process

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed