Children's Healthcare Assistant - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Apollo Home Healthcare

Apollo Home Healthcare

Verified Company

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Children's Healthcare Assistant, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear:

Job details:

Job Ref
23124

Pay Rate (ph)
£14.00-£16.00

Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

Work Patterns
Part Time, Days,

Driver Required
No

Job description:

Do you have a special place in your heart for enhancing the lives of the individuals you support?

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

If so, we have an exciting new opportunity for you
If you are an experienced Healthcare Assistant looking to expand your skills and knowledge into complex clinical care or if you already have complex care experience, this could be the perfect job role for you

Meet our service user

Our service user is a 9 year-old girl who lives at home with her loving family in Newcastle upon Tyne and requires support throughout the day with her complex care needs on a 1:1 basis.

She is generally a happy and cheerful girl who loves spending quality time and engaging with her family, friends, and care team.

Your role throughout the day will include being vigilant, providing personal care, moving and handling, attending to her clinical care needs when required and assisting her to enjoy her hobbies and interests.

Our service user is none verbal and communicates through eye gaze, it is important you become familiar with her methods of communication to ensure her needs and wishes are met.

Patience and understanding are key qualities for this role.

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 her life.

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

Essential Experience Required

3 months previous care experience
Personal Care
Moving and Handling
Medication Administration

Desirable Experience

Tracheostomy care
PEG Feeding
Ventilation Care
Gastrostomy care

We have the following shifts available;

Full Time & Part Time Days Available
24 Shifts Per Week
12:00pm 9:00pm

Take a look at our pay rates

Weekdays:
£14.00 per hour Approx. £126.00 per 9-hour shift

Weeknights:
£14.00 per hour Approx. £126.00 per 9-hour shift

Weekends:
£14.50 per hour Approx. £130.50 per 9-hour shift

Bank Holiday £16.00 per hour Approx. £144 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 her 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.

Why work for Apollo Home Healthcare?:
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: