Job summary
If you are looking for a rewarding new role within healthcare, you are in the right place!
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.
Benefits of this role include
1. Paid DBS
2. Paid Mandatory Training
3. Permanent contract with Apollo Home Healthcare
Our ideal candidate will be pet friendly as our service user does have a pet cat at home
Our service user is a sociable, fun, loving girl, that is living with her family in Blackpool and requires care throughout the day and night on a 1:1 basis to support her complex care needs.
A key aspect of this role involves being vigilant to her care needs, engaging and interacting, sharing her hobbies, interests and accessing her favourite social activities. Some of her favourites do include playing with her dolls, baking, being around her friends, and having her plaited.
Main duties of the job
Our service user has specifically requested for female staff to work on their team.
At home throughout the evening, you will provide support with all aspects of her care and companionship, this includes personal care, moving and handling, clinical observations and attending to her clinical care needs where required. You will be involved in our service users night-time routine, creating a calming environment ready for a settled night's sleep ahead.
Throughout the night you will provide support with her personal care, repositioning, clinical observations and attending to her clinical care needs when required. You will offer reassurance and comfort to promote a restful nights sleep.
We have the following shifts available with the opportunity of a Permanent contract
4. Full Time and Part Time Evenings and waking nights
5. 5:00pm - 10:00pm
6. 10:00pm 8:00am
7. Alternate Saturday and Sundays are essential for this position
Take a look at our pay rates
Weekdays: £ per hour (£ approx. per 5-hour shift)
Weeknights: £ per hour (£ approx. per 10-hour shift)
Saturday & Sundays: £ per hour (£ approx. per 10-hour shift)
Bank Holidays: £ per hour (£ approx. per 10-hour shift)
This is a personally rewarding role where you can build on your skills and experience, whilst delivering exceptional care and support to our service user, really making an impact on her day-to-day life.
About us
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
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:
8. Flexible hours to suit*
9. Confirmed rotas
10. Excellent rates of pay - Weekly
11. Holiday pay
12. Excellent rewards and recognition scheme
13. Opportunity to work with other service users in the area*
14. Ongoing professional training and development
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) is to work without direct supervision in the home of the service user providing care and support including personal, social, and domestic support whilst adhering to the service users individual care and support plan.
The aim of the position is to enable service users to remain safely in their own home with as much independence as possible.
Alongside providing care and support in a professional, discreet, and caring manner, always ensuring the service users right to privacy and dignity is maintained
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
15. 3 months previous care experience
16. Personal Care
17. Moving and Handling
18. Medication Administration
Desirable
19. TPN Awareness
20. Enteral Feeding