School Based Trainee (Aged Care)

Seymour Health is looking for a highly motivated senior Secondary Schol school student to commence a school-based traineeship in Aged Care.

About the position

The School Based Trainee in Aged Care assists Enrolled and Registered Nurses in implementing the personal care needs of the residents at Seymour Health's Public Sector Residential Aged Care facility Barrabill House. Duties include assisting with personal hygiene, meals, care and activities.

Applicants must be enrolled in Secondary School in Year 10 or 11 in 2026 to be eligible for this position. Continuous employment in this role requires concurrent continuous enrolment in Secondary School, and training is to be completed through GO TAFE.

This is an 18-month School Based Traineeship commencing on 28 January 2026 and ending on 29 June 2027 and is for 1-day per week working an 8-hour shift.

For further information on the role, please refer to the Position Description attached.

What you need

• Preparedness to fully participate in duties include assisting with personal hygiene, meals, aged-care resident care, and activities.
• The ability to work in a team environment
• The ability to communicate well with residents, families and the healthcare team
• A demonstrated commitment to learning
• A professional demeanour and presentation

Seymour Health offers

• Two types of generous salary packaging
• Free on-site parking
• Ongoing professional development opportunities
• Competitively priced staff meals
• Employee Assistance Program
• Annual Scholarship program 

About Seymour Health

Seymour Health is a leading small rural health service. At our site in central Seymour, over 300 staff deliver health and allied services.

Our services include a 30-bed public hospital that provides public and private Acute medical and surgical, renal dialysis and day procedures. Seymour Health’s breadth of services extends to post-acute care, palliative care, sub-acute ambulatory service, oral health services, district nursing and community services. Barrabill House is a 40-bed residential aged care service that provides highly rated residential aged care.

Seymour Health is conveniently located an hour north of Melbourne via the M31 Hume Freeway and V/Line train service.

Closing Date: applications must be received by the date shown.

Employment Screening

All employment with Seymour Health is subject to and conditional upon a satisfactory Worker Screening Checks, which include: a Police Records Check and Statutory Declaration; Victorian Employee Working with Children Check; and NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must comply with the Health Service's Vaccination requirements and Victorian Government and Department of Health immunisation directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated and provided evidence of vaccination for various diseases, such as Influenza.

Diversity and Inclusion

Applications are encouraged from women, people from LGBTIQA+ communities, people with disability, young people, older people, and regional Victorians from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.