Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

Are you a nurturing and dedicated individual who thrives from supporting and working with children?

Do you have a special place in your heart for enhancing the lives of the individuals you support?

If you are an experienced Healthcare Assistant looking to expand your skills and knowledge into complex clinical care or if you already have complex care experience, this could be the perfect job role for you!

We are looking for compassionate and committed healthcare assistants in Rochdale, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality one-to-one care for our service user, building positive relationships with them and their family while enabling them to live as independently as possible in his home.

Meet our service user

Our service user is a young male in his teens who lives in Rochdale with his loving family. We are looking for a dedicated team to support his complex needs on a 1:1 basis to support his complex care needs throughout the night.

He loves spending quality time with his family and care team and enjoys attending his educational setting, socialising with his friends and teachers.

Throughout the night you will closely observe and monitor his complex care needs. You will provide Support with all personal care, repositioning, and offering reassurance and comfort to ensure a restful nights sleep.

It is important to understand his methods of communication and identify his wants and needs, as he is non-verbal. Patience and understanding area key qualities for this role.

Main duties of the job

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

We have the following shifts available

• Part Time Available 2 shifts per week
• Nights- 10:00pm-7:00am
• Alternate weekends are required for this position.

Take a look at our pay rates!

• Weeknights: £13.50 per hour (Approx. £121.50 per 9-hour shift
• Weekends: £14.00 per hour (Approx. £126 per 9-hour shift)
  • Bank Holidays £16.00 per hour (Approx. £144.00 per 9-hour shift)

This is a personally rewarding role where you can build on your clinical skills and experience, whilst delivering exceptional care and support to our service user, really making an impact on his day-to-day life.

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

About us

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 - Weekly
• Holiday pay
• Excellent rewards and recognition scheme
• Opportunity to work with other service users in the area*
• Ongoing professional training and development