Healthcare Assistant
Apollo Home Healthcare
The closing date is 30 November 2024
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 looking for experienced and committed Healthcare Assistants with an interactive approach, who are eager to enhance their skills in the complex care sector.
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.
Our service user is a cheerful and content gentleman in his 30s who resides in a nursing home based in Ashton-Under-Lyne and requires support on a 1:1 basis throughout the night to support his complex care needs.
He is a very charismatic gentleman who loves to spend time with his family and care team, he enjoys the interaction, and loves having a banter.
He enjoys watching his favourite T.V programmes along with animated DVDS, and throughout the day he loves to access the community, going shopping and simply being out and about.
Main duties of the job
Throughout the night you will provide support with his personal care, repositioning, making close observations and attending to his clinical care needs when required. Should he awake, you will offer reassurance to promote a restful environment for our service user.
He is unable to communicate verbally and will use facial expressions and sounds to make his wants and needs known. To avoid him becoming distressed of frustrated, you will spend time to get to know his unique signals and cues.
Our service user has specifically requested for female staff to work on their team.
We have the following shifts available;
- Part Time Nights available 2 shifts per week
- 7:00pm - 7:00am
- Alternate weekends are needed for this position
Take a look at our pay rates!
- Weeknights: £13.50 per hour (Approx. £162 per 12-hour shift)
- Weekends: £14.00 per hour (Approx. £168 per 12-hour shift)
- Bank Holiday: £17.00ph (Approx. £204 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
Date posted
07 August 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£13.50 to £17 an hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
E0023-ASHTON-20962
Job locations
1
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The area below is where the role is located:
Ashton under Lyne, Greater Manchester
OL7 0PW
Employer details
Employer name
Apollo Home Healthcare
Address
1
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The area below is where the role is located:
Ashton under Lyne, Greater Manchester
OL7 0PW
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