Children's 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 have recently gained a new package of care bringing many fresh and exciting opportunities to join our team in Barnsley.

We are looking for compassionate and committed Healthcare Assistants, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality one-to-one care for our service user.

Our new service user is a loving 5-year-old girl who resides in Barnsley Hospital.

We urgently need to recruit an experienced team to enable her to go home to her loving family in Barnsley, as she is currently awaiting discharge

She loves to attend school, listening to her favourite music and spending quality time with her family, friends, and care team.

Main duties of the job

Throughout the night you will provide support with her personal care, moving and handling, making close observations, attending to her clinical care needs when required and provide a peaceful environment to promote a restful nights sleep.

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

It is essential for our care team to have some form of exposure to complex care due to the intensity of our service users care needs

We have the following shifts available;

• Part Time Nights Available- 2 shifts per week
• 8:00pm-8:00am

Take a look at our payrates

Weeknights: £13.00 per hour (Approx. £156 per12-hourr shift)

Weekends: £13.50 per hour (Approx. £162 per 12 hour-shift)

Bank holidays: £15.00 per hour (Approx. £180 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 her 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