Healthcare Assistant

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 seeking reliable and empathetic healthcare assistants to provide exceptional care for a lovely lady with complex care needs. Your support will enable her to live comfortably and with dignity, maintaining her quality of life and independence.

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

• Competitive Pay Rates
• Confirmed Rotas
• Full Clinical Training

• Our service user is in her 40s and lives at home with her pet cat in Tamworth. We are looking for a healthcare assistant to join her team to support with her complex care needs throughout the day and night on a 1:1 basis.

  She takes pride in her appearance and enjoys wearing nice clothes and choosing what outfit to wear each day. She is a scary movie fanatic and loves to rewatch and laugh at the scariest parts of the films, especially when she watches them with her sister who really does not like them.

  She enjoys spending time out in her garden and loves her sunflowers, we are looking for care staff who can support in planting and watering her sunflower seeds.

Main duties of the job

Throughout the day you will be required to provide support with her personal care, moving and handling requirements, attending to her clinical care needs, and supporting her to enjoy her hobbies and interests.

Throughout the night you will provide support with her night-time routine including personal care needs, repositioning, being vigilant and making close observations to her clinical care needs. You will attend to her care needs when required and make regular checks throughout the night to ensure her comfort.

We are looking for staff who are comfortable around pets as our service user has a cat within the household which means the world to her.

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

We have the following shifts available

• Full Time and Part Time
• Days: 8am 8pm
• Nights: 8pm 8am
• Pop in Shifts

Take a look at our pay rates

Weekdays: £15.00 per hour (£180 approx. per 12-hour shift)

Weeknights: £15.50 per hour (£186 approx. per 12-hour shift)

Weekends: £16.00 per hour (£192 approx. per 12-hour shift)

Bank Holidays: £18.00 per hour (£216 approx. per 12-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:

• 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