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    Children's Healthcare Assistant - Blackburn, United Kingdom - Apollo Home Healthcare

    Apollo Home Healthcare
    Apollo Home Healthcare Blackburn, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Description

    Job summary

    We are looking for compassionate and committed Healthcare Assistants in Blackburn, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality one-to-one care for a young girl, building positive relationships with them and their family while enabling them to live as independently as possible in their own home.

    We are looking for people who have a genuine interest in working with children and young people, to support our young service user who has some complex clinical care needs.

    Our service user is a bright and energetic young girl who lives with her loving family in Blackburn and requires 1:1 support with her complex needs throughout the day and night.

    She shows lots of independence and loves to interact with her family and care team. Her hobbies and interests include imaginative play with her toy kitchen, and dolls house and is very much a girly girl who enjoys exploring with her make up, painting her nails as well as pampering her care team.

    As a family they often have fun days out visiting the local park and she particularly enjoys going shopping with Mum.

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

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

    It is essential for our candidates to have Tracheostomy care experience with children

    Main duties of the job

    Throughout the night she tends to sleep well, your role will involve observing closely, attending to any clinical care requirements, providing personal care, repositioning and promoting a restful environment.

    Our service user communicates through gestures, and the use of sign language and Makaton. It is important our care team become familiar with her methods of communication to ensure her wants and needs are met.

    Shifts Available

  • Full Time & Part Time Available 2-3 shifts per week
  • Days- 7:15am - 3:30pm
  • Nights- 10:00pm 7:30am
  • Alternate weekends are essential for this position

    • Take a look out our pay rates

  • Weekdays: £ per hour (Approx. £ per hour shift)
  • Weeknights: £ per hour (Approx. £ per shift)
  • Saturdays: £ per hour (Approx. £ per shift)
  • Sundays: £ per hour (Approx. £ per shift)
  • Bank Holidays: £ per hour (Approx. per £ per 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 and 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.

    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
    • Job description

    Job responsibilities

    The role of a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) is to work without direct supervision in the home of the service user providing care and support including personal, social, and domestic support whilst adhering to the service users individual care and support plan.

    The aim of the position is to enable service users to remain safely in their own home with as much independence as possible.

    Alongside providing care and support in a professional, discreet, and caring manner, always ensuring the service users right to privacy and dignity is maintained

    Person Specification

    Experience

    Essential

  • Personal Care
  • Moving & Handling
  • Medication administration
  • Children's complex care experience

    • Desirable

  • Catheter care
  • Knowledge of Makaton & Sign language
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