Children's Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

Are you looking to expand your skills and enhance your career to include providing Complex Clinical Care to children or do you already have Complex Care experience?

Are you a compassionate and dedicated individual looking to make a positive impact on someone's life? We are currently seeking Healthcare Assistants to provide personalised support and care for a young boy in Nottingham. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference and help enhance the quality of life for an individual with unique needs.

Our service user is 8 years old and lives at home with his loving family and pets in Nottingham, he requires care throughout the day and night on a 1:1 basis.

We are looking for engaging individuals who are happy to assist him to enjoy his hobbies and interests such as arts and crafts, creating models, and playing with his toy cars. He likes to read books with his care team and watch TV; he especially enjoys watching YouTube.

We believe in fostering meaningful connections, building trust, and promoting a sense of belonging for our service user. We are looking for our caregivers to be friendly, compassionate, and genuinely passionate about making a positive difference in his life.

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

Main duties of the job

Throughout the day you will provide specialised care attending to his complex and clinical needs when required. Your role will include accompanying him to his educational setting engaging with his learning and development and encouraging play and social interaction.

Throughout the night you will be assisting with repositioning and any clinical interventions. You will need to be vigilant, make close observations, and offer reassurance and comfort to settle him back to sleep if he wakes.

We have the following shifts available;

• Full Time
• Days: 8:15am-3:45pm
• Nights- 8pm - 8am
• Must be flexible to work both days and nights

Weekdays: £12.50 per hour (£93.75 approx. per 7.5-hour shift)

Weeknights: £13.00 per hour (£156.00 approx. per 12-hour shift)

Saturday: £13.50 per hour (£162 approx. per 12-hour shift)

Sunday: £14.00 per hour (£168 approx. per 12-hour shift)

Bank Holiday: £15.00 per hour (£180.00 approx. 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 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