Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

Would you like to progress your career by working with children and or young people who require complex clinical care?

Apollo Home Healthcare are 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 one to one support and who can build positive relationships with our service users and their families.

Our service user is a teenage boy who lives with his family in Preston, who requires support throughout the night to support his complex care needs.

We are recruiting healthcare assistants to join the team for this charming young man.

He particularly loves going on walks and having lots of fun with his family and friends. School is also very important to him, and he enjoys attending to catch up with his friends.

When at home he likes to relax by playing on his PlayStation or watching the football.

Main duties of the job

As his dedicated Healthcare Assistant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring his safety, comfort, and well-being during overnight hours. This role requires attentiveness, empathy, and the ability to provide personalised care tailored to his specific needs.

Your role will be to provide personalised care that promotes his social engagement, personal development, and positive interactions.

It would be great if you had a genuine interest in working with young people and your personality will brighten his day!

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

We have the following shifts available;

• Part Time Nights- 2 shifts per week
• Thursday & Friday Nights
• 9:00pm- 6:00am

Take a look at our pay rates

Weeknights: £15.00 per hour - (£135 approx. per 9-hour shift)

Weekends: £15.50 per hour - (£139.50 approx. per 9-hour shift)

Bank Holiday: £17.50 per hour - (£157.50 approx. 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