Caregiver - Coverpool

Role overview

Ryman Healthcare is seeking a compassionate Caregiver to join Charles Upham Retirement Village in Rangiora, about 30 minutes from Christchurch City. This opportunity is part of the Coverpool team and offers three full-time openings with a minimum of 30 hours per week. The roster runs from Thursday to Monday, and flexibility is needed to work across the Hospital, Resthome, Dementia, and Serviced Apartments, including morning, afternoon, and night shifts.

In this position, you will provide supportive, meaningful care to residents while working with a friendly and diverse team in an environment where kindness, empathy, and professionalism matter.

What you will do

• Build trusted, long-term connections with residents and their families.
• Carry out individual care plans and deliver care to the standard you would want for your own loved ones.
• Use modern care technology, including Ryman's myRyman care app.
• Collaborate closely with teammates to maintain a positive and well-supported workplace.

Who we are looking for

To succeed in this role, you should bring warmth, compassion, strong communication, and a dependable, approachable, and professional manner. Experience in aged care is welcomed but not required.

Eligibility

Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand. While overseas candidates are sometimes considered, immigration rules require NZ work rights for this role.

About Ryman Healthcare

Ryman is a leading retirement living and aged care provider with more than 7,700 employees across New Zealand and Australia, spanning nursing, village operations, sales, technology, design, and corporate functions. The organisation is focused on delivering exceptional daily care, supporting residents with meals, activities, maintenance, and wellbeing so they can feel secure and well looked after.

The business is also undergoing major transformation, with continued emphasis on stronger commercial results, better ways of working, and maintaining high standards in retirement living and care.

Benefits

Working at Ryman comes with a range of practical and wellbeing-focused advantages, including fixed rosters that provide certainty of hours, a strong resident-to-staff ratio, a supportive team culture, and ongoing professional development support. Team members may also receive scholarships and bursaries for further study, education leave, long service leave, wellness leave, a free designer uniform, 24-hour management support, and access to more than 60 discounts across childcare, insurance, banking, retail, health, and wellbeing brands.

Additional information

Ryman encourages applications from people of all backgrounds and values diversity, inclusion, and individuality in the workplace. Applications are reviewed as they are received, and interviews may happen before the closing date, so the role may close earlier than advertised.