# Healthcare Assistant - Casual (Waikato)

**Company:** Radius Care
**Department:** Personal Care & Support
**Role:** Healthcare Assistant
**Location:** R-Connect

**Location:** Various aged care facilities in the Waikato region

**Hours of work:** Casual on-call (confirmed prior to each assignment)

**About the role:**

As a Healthcare Assistant for R-Connect, you will be deployed to complete temporary assignments across various aged care facilities in this region.

_Note: Radius Care cannot support work visas/visa changes for casual HCAs_.

As this is a casual role, you will be prompted when a temp vacancy is available, and you can accept based on your availability.

- You need to be a New Zealand Citizen/Resident, or have open work conditions.

- You must have a current NZ Driver's License.

**Duties include:**

- Reporting to the charge nurse and completing delegated tasks in a timely manner

- Residents' personal care tasks, i.e. hygiene, grooming, toileting, shaving, brushing of teeth and hair

- Mobilising residents

**Skills and Experience:**

- New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing Level 3 or 4 (or equivalent)

- Aged care experience required

- People skills with empathy for the elderly and their families

- Good written and verbal communication skills

- Flexibility to work on a rostered shift basis

**Apply now!**

[Healthcare Assistant - Casual (Waikato) - Radius Care](https://careers.radiuscare.co.nz/jobs/8312742-healthcare-assistant-casual-waikato)

R-Connect specialises in placing Healthcare Professional in aged care organisations across New Zealand for temporary assignments.

R-Connect supports equality and diversity in our workforce. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities, development of your career pathway, and a safe and healthy work environment. We welcome all applicants, regardless of gender, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs; we value the experience that you will bring to our organisation.

_E kaha tautoko ana a R-Connect i te ōritetanga, me te kanorau ā ō tātou nei kaimahi. E pirihonga ana mātou ki te whakaroto i ngā whiwhinga mahi whakaōrite, me te whakawhanake i tō umanga ngaio. Āno hoki, kia haumaru, kia hauora hoki tō tātou whaitua mahi. Tēnei te mihi maioha ki a kōutou, ngā kaitono kātoa. Āhakoa nō hea koe , āhakoa te pakeke , tō ira tangata rānei. E whai tīkanga ana tō tātou nei rōpu whakahaere, i ngā wheako whaiaro maha kei a kōutou kātoa._

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