Title:  Leisure & Lifestyle Assistant

Leisure & Lifestyle Assistant 

• Casual work | Experience work-life balance | Residential aged care
• Wantirna | Car-parking and café on site | Be valued for what you do 
• Support in the provision of holistic care by providing activities to residents

Eastern Health
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.

About the role

The Leisure and Lifestyle Assistant works is a member of a team of Leisure and Lifestyle staff responsible for providing appropriate activities for all residents to enhance their experiences day to day and provide an holistic approach to care.

About you 
To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Certificate IV in Leisure & Health or Equivalent
• Demonstrated experience working as a Leisure and Lifestyle worker the residential aged care sector (1-2 years +)
• Demonstrated experience to develop Leisure and Lifestyle care plans for residents in accordance with Aged Care Quality Standards
• Passion and enthusiasm for providing respectful, holistic care for older people and those with complex behavioural and care needs
• Highly developed organisational skills
• Ability to problem solve working in a small team
• Participate in the analysis and collation data to influence change
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with all residential aged care audiences, including residents, carers, families, staff and managers
• A strong commitment to high quality care
• The ability to work as part of a diverse team
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Current Driver's Licence

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.  An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

• Diverse and engaging career opportunities
• Friendly & supportive team
• Flexible working hours
• Salary packaging options
• Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps
Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.

We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.

If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.

Good to know:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
• We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
• As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
• Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
• Advertising may end before the closing date.
• We do not accept recruitment agency application

Please click here for the Position Description Link

Contact Person: Marnie Quinlan

Contact Email: marnie.quinlan@easternhealth.org.au

Need help submitting your application?

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1) 

Our Values in Action:

Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day