Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

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 is seeking experienced Healthcare Assistants to support a teenage boy with his complex care needs.

We are looking for dedicated and compassionate Healthcare Assistants who are passionate about their job, enjoy delivering support and who can build positive relationships with our service user and his family.

Our service user is a fun-loving teenage boy, who lives in a very friendly and loving household with his parents and their family pets.

He enjoys spending time with his family, being outside in the garden, spending time on his iPad, and going out to some of his favourite places including the cinema and bowling.

We are looking for a dedicated team to provide specialised care with his complex needs. Your role will include assisting his family at home, prior to school, with his morning routine. You will then accompany him to his educational setting travelling with him and supporting him there throughout the day with his clinical care needs.

Main duties of the job

During the day you will be supporting with all social and personal needs as well as promoting development through play and learning ensuring he can reach his full potential. He needs full support with all his moving and handling but mobilises with an electronic wheelchair that he operates independently.

Our ideal applicant will be confident providing clinical care within a school setting, observant to his care needs and would have awareness of respiratory conditions.

We are looking for someone who has had both their covid vaccinations and boosters for this position.

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

We have the following shifts available

• Full Time & Part Time Days
• Monday - Friday
• 8am - 4pm
• Term Time only

Take a look at our pay rates

Weekdays : £12.00 per hour (£96 approx. per 8 hour shift)

Bank Holiday : £14.50 per hour (£116 approx. per 8 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

This is a personally rewarding role where you can update yourself on the latest clinical skills and knowledge, as well as delivering exceptional care and support to our service user and his family

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