Around 70 aged care jobs are available right now across Mercy Community sites in Rockhampton.
A further 50 job opportunities are on the way as Mercy Community grows its workforce in the lead-up to opening the region’s newest residential aged care facility, Mercy Haven, in 2025.
These jobs are genuine vacancies that offer career pathways for registered and enrolled nurses as well as allied health, hospitality, personal care, and are supporting aged care workers with generous incentives and benefits on offer.
Janet Rhodes, Mercy Community’s Executive General Manager for Residential Aged Care said around 270 Mercy Community employees currently support 350 older people in Central Queensland through our full range of aged care services, with demand likely to increase by 50% over the next decade.
“Australians are not only living longer but, as recent research suggests, we’re also out-living most people in English-speaking OECD countries.
“As the average life expectancy continues to grow, so too does demand for aged care services and people willing to work in the sector to provide the services needed, including registered nurses where we know there is a nation-wide shortage.
“With around 2,500* people in Rockhampton currently looking for work and more Queenslanders over the age of 65 living in the Capricorn region than any other part of the state, there’s never been a better time or place to explore a career in aged care and make a difference in your community.”
Mercy Community believes in building a world where people, families and communities are strong in spirit, healthy and connected.
Through the work we do to deliver our home, community, residential, respite, palliative, dementia and other aged care options, Mercy Community makes a real and genuine difference to the lives of more than 800 older Queenslanders and their families each year.
To make a difference in your community and the lives of others through a secure and fulfilling career in aged care, find out more.
Reference: * https://economy.id.com.au/rockhampton/unemployment
Enquiries: communications@mercycs.org.au
