Health Care Assistant

Apollo Home Healthcare Ltd; Bolton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo Home Healthcare is seeking compassionate Healthcare Assistants in Bolton to provide dedicated evening care for a young boy. This rewarding role requires passion for quality care, adaptability to the child's needs, and willingness to train in complex care. Offering flexible night shifts with competitive pay rates, this position allows you to make a meaningful impact in a child's life while maintaining independence in their home.

Benefits

Flexible hours to suit

Confirmed rotas

Excellent rates of pay

Holiday pay

Full clinical training

Ongoing professional training and development

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care and medication administration is essential.
• 3 months previous care experience required.
• Valid driving license and access to a vehicle necessary for position.

Responsibilities

• Provide care throughout the night for a young service user.
• Make clinical observations and attend to clinical care needs.
• Support with personal care and ensure comfort and safety.

Skills

Medication Administration

Personal Care

Moving and Handling

Education

3 months previous care experience

Job description

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If you are looking for a rewarding new role within healthcare, you are in the right place!

Are you compassionate, nurturing, and looking to make a meaningful impact in a young child's life?

Working in healthcare can be incredibly fulfilling as it allows you to make a positive impact on people's lives every day.

We are looking for experienced and committed Healthcare Assistants with an interactive approach, who are eager to enhance their skills in the complex care sector. While prior complex care experience is beneficial, it is not a requirement as full bespoke clinical training will be provided.

You will need to be passionate about delivering the highest quality care to our service users, building positive relationships with them and their family whilst empowering them to live as independently as possible within the comfort of their own home.

Meet our service user

Our service user is an interactive young boy, that is living with his family in Bolton and requires care throughout the night to support his complex care needs.

He loves to be around his friends interacting and exploring his favourite activities. He enjoys attending school and is a massive Disney fan!

Whilst our service user is non-verbal, he communicates his needs through facial expressions and sounds, it is important that you are able to interpret this to prevent him from becoming frustrated or upset.

We are seeking reliable individuals to provide dedicated care and attention throughout the night for our young service user. You'll play a vital role in ensuring his comfort, safety, and well-being as he sleeps soundly through the night.

Throughout the night you will provide support with all aspects of his care and companionship this includes, making clinical observations, attending to his clinical care needs when required, as well as providing support with his personal care repositioning and attending to his needs and wants.

It is essential to hold a Valid driving license for this position with access to your own vehicle

Our service user has specifically requested for female staff to work on their team.

To be successful in this role it is essential that you have experience with the following:

• Medication Administration
• Personal Care
• Moving and Handling

Experience working with the following clinical needs is desirable, however is not essential to be considered for this role:

• Enteral Feeding
• Cerebral Palsy Experience

We have the following shifts available

• Full Time and Part Time Nights
• 9:00pm - 7:00am
• Alternate Saturday and Sundays are essential for this position

Take a look at our pay rates

Weeknights: £14.50 per hour (£145.00 approx. per 10-hour shift)

Saturday & Sundays: £15.00 per hour (£150.00 approx. per 10-hour shift)

Bank Holidays: £17.50 per hour (£175.00 approx. per 10-hour shift)

Apollo Home Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer and we advertise a high volume of vacancies on behalf of our clients.

Due to the nature of the vacancies we recruit for, our clients have the right to request whether they wish for female or male staff to work on their team.

These specific requirements do not reflect the views of our organisation

Why work for Apollo Home Healthcare? We specialise in the provision of highly complex clinical care services delivered in the homes of service users. We are passionate about delivering the highest standard of care and we recognise that our Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers are integral to doing this. In return for your hard work and dedication you will receive:

Job description

If you are looking for a rewarding new role within healthcare, you are in the right place!

Are you compassionate, nurturing, and looking to make a meaningful impact in a young child's life?

Working in healthcare can be incredibly fulfilling as it allows you to make a positive impact on people's lives every day.

We are looking for experienced and committed Healthcare Assistants with an interactive approach, who are eager to enhance their skills in the complex care sector. While prior complex care experience is beneficial, it is not a requirement as full bespoke clinical training will be provided.

You will need to be passionate about delivering the highest quality care to our service users, building positive relationships with them and their family whilst empowering them to live as independently as possible within the comfort of their own home.

Meet our service user

Our service user is an interactive young boy, that is living with his family in Bolton and requires care throughout the night to support his complex care needs.

He loves to be around his friends interacting and exploring his favourite activities. He enjoys attending school and is a massive Disney fan!

Whilst our service user is non-verbal, he communicates his needs through facial expressions and sounds, it is important that you are able to interpret this to prevent him from becoming frustrated or upset.

We are seeking reliable individuals to provide dedicated care and attention throughout the night for our young service user. You'll play a vital role in ensuring his comfort, safety, and well-being as he sleeps soundly through the night.

Throughout the night you will provide support with all aspects of his care and companionship this includes, making clinical observations, attending to his clinical care needs when required, as well as providing support with his personal care repositioning and attending to his needs and wants.

It is essential to hold a Valid driving license for this position with access to your own vehicle

Our service user has specifically requested for female staff to work on their team.

To be successful in this role it is essential that you have experience with the following:

3 months previous care experience

Medication Administration

Personal Care

Moving and Handling

Experience working with the following clinical needs is desirable, however is not essential to be considered for this role:

TPN Awareness

Enteral Feeding

Cerebral Palsy Experience

We have the following shifts available

Full Time and Part Time Nights

2-3 shifts per week

9:00pm - 7:00am

Alternate Saturday and Sundays are essential for this position

Take a look at our pay rates

Weeknights: £14.50 per hour (£145.00 approx. per 10-hour shift)

Saturday & Sundays: £15.00 per hour (£150.00 approx. per 10-hour shift)

Bank Holidays: £17.50 per hour (£175.00 approx. per 10-hour shift)

Apollo Home Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer and we advertise a high volume of vacancies on behalf of our clients.

Due to the nature of the vacancies we recruit for, our clients have the right to request whether they wish for female or male staff to work on their team.

These specific requirements do not reflect the views of our organisation

Why work for Apollo Home Healthcare? We specialise in the provision of highly complex clinical care services delivered in the homes of service users. We are passionate about delivering the highest standard of care and we recognise that our Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers are integral to doing this. In return for your hard work and dedication you will receive:

Flexible hours to suit

Confirmed rotas

Excellent rates of pay

Holiday pay

Full clinical training

Opportunity to work with other service users in the area

Ongoing professional training and development

Please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated recruitment team on 01902 847111 or email on [emailprotected] to find out more. Apply for this job