Job description
Are you looking to expand your skills and enhance your career to include providing Complex Clinical Care or do you already have Complex Care experience?
Apollo Home Healthcare are seeking experienced Healthcare Assistants to join our team in Ashton under Lyne to support a gentleman with his complex care needs.
We are looking for compassionate Healthcare Assistants who are passionate about delivering the highest quality 1:1 care for our service user, who can build positive relationships with them and those around them.
Meet our service user
Our service user is a cheerful, content, gentleman in his 30’s who resides in a nursing home based in Ashton-Under-Lyne and requires support on a 1:1 basis throughout the day and night with his complex care needs.
He loves to spend time with his family, and interacting with his care team and enjoys having a banter. He enjoys watching his favourite T.V programmes along with animated DVDS, and throughout the day he loves to access the community, going shopping and simply being out and about.
He is a very charismatic individual, and we are looking for candidates who can bring this out in him.
Throughout the day you will provide support with his personal care, Moving and handling, attending to his clinical care needs when required and assist him to enjoy his hobbies and interests.
Throughout the night you will provide support with his personal care, repositioning, making close observations and attending to his clinical care needs when required. You will provide a peaceful environment to promote a restful nights sleep.
Our service user is none verbal and expresses his needs and wants through a variety of sounds. His care team will need to show understanding and patience to understand his methods of communication.
It is essential for our candidates to have experience working with epilepsy for this position
Our service user has specifically requested for female staff to work on their team.
Essential Experience Required
1. 3 months previous care experience
2. Personal Care
3. Moving and Handling
4. Medication Administration
5. Epilepsy Management
Desirable Experience
6. Nebuliser care
7. Ventilation management
8. Gastrostomy feeds (PEG)
9. Previous experience with nonverbal service users
We have the following shifts available;
10. Part Time Days and nights available- 24 hours per week
11. Days: 7:00am-7:00pm- 2 shifts per week
12. Nights: 7:00pm-7:00am- 2 shifts per week
13. Must be flexible and be able to work alternate weekends
Take a look at our pay rates!
14. Weekdays: £13.00 per hour (Approx. £156 per 12-hour shift)
15. Weeknights: £13.50 per hour (Approx. £162 per 12-hour shift)
16. Weekends: £14.00 per hour (Approx. £168 per 12-hour shift)
17. Bank Holiday: £17.00ph (Approx. £204 per 12-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.
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:
18. Flexible hours to suit
19. Confirmed rotas
20. Excellent rates of pay
21. Holiday pay
22. Full clinical training
23. Opportunity to work with other service users in the area
24. Ongoing professional training and development
Please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated recruitment team on 01902 847111 or email on recruitment@apollohomehealthcare.com to find out more. Apply for this job