At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide essential care and support for infants with complex needs in a home setting.
- Company: Join a supportive team at Medox, dedicated to making a difference.
- Benefits: Earn $41-45/hour with flexible rosters, paid training, and wellbeing support.
- Other info: Ongoing development opportunities and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a child's life while enjoying work-life balance.
- Qualifications: Certificate III in Individual Support or Enrolled Nurse qualification required.
The predicted salary is between 41 - 45 $ per hour.
Disability Support Worker / Enrolled Nurse (Pediatric Complex Care)
Location: Kempsey, NSW
Work Type: Casual / Ongoing Shifts / Regular Shift Patterns
Pay Rate: $41-45/hour
Make a real difference in an infant's life while keeping the flexibility to live your own. This role offers monthly rosters based on your availability, along with a structured onboarding program, buddy shifts and paid training so you feel supported from day one, plus hands-on clinical experience caring for an infant with complex needs in a home setting.
Why Medox:
- Above award pay
- Monthly rosters based on your availability
- Paid training and ongoing development
- Supportive, dedicated team with events and recognition
- Employee wellbeing support, including EAP and referral rewards
The Role:
- Deliver comprehensive clinical support, including airway management via tracheostomy and invasive ventilation.
- Perform tracheostomy suctioning in accordance with clinical care plans and prescribed procedures.
- Administer enteral feeding via a PEG tube and monitor for tolerance and wellbeing.
- Provide personal care and activities of daily living.
- Facilitate and support communication, play, social interaction, and meaningful engagement with a young child.
- Assist with safe manual handling, positioning, repositioning, and transfers in line with manual handling protocols.
- Administer medications in accordance with prescribed treatment plans and organisational policies.
- Provide basic household assistance to maintain a safe, clean, and supportive care environment.
What You'll Bring:
- Certificate III in Individual Support (or higher) or Enrolled Nurse qualification
- Minimum 2 years' experience in disability or complex care
- Current manual handling and medication administration certification
- Current First Aid and CPR
- NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working With Children Check
- Right to work in Australia
- Driver Licence and Comprehensive Insurance
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