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

Apollo Home Healthcare

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Preston, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Children's Healthcare Assistant job vacancy:

Job details:

Job Ref
20159

Pay Rate (ph)
£14.50-£17.50

Location
Preston, Lancashire

Work Patterns
Full Time, Part Time, Days, Nights, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays,

Driver Required
No

Job description:

Are you passionate about enhancing a child or young person's everyday life?

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

Apollo Home Healthcare is recruiting a Children's Healthcare Assistant to support a young boy on a 1:1 basis throughout the day and night.

He is currently residing in RMCH and requires a dedicated team to help bring him home to his family in Preston.

You will be required to travel to RMCH for clinical training and shadow shifts, where you will be trained by the fantastic clinical team who currently support him

He is a happy little boy who enjoys interacting with his family and care team and likes to play with age-related toys.

Being able to communicate his wants and needs will be something he will need support with due to his age and condition; his family would like him to learn Makaton as he gets older with the help from his team to help promote his development.

Apollo Home Healthcare is looking for keen individuals, who have the desire to work with children and can excel in a challenging yet rewarding role.

This is a great opportunity where you will be supporting a wonderful young boy and using your valuable skills and experience you will progress into a Children's Complex Care Assistant.

Having previous experience working with children is desirable, but not essential.

Essential experience required

3 months of previous care experience
Personal care
Moving and handling
Administration of medication

Desired experience

Previous experience supporting children within a care setting
Tracheostomy care
Ventilation management
Gastrostomy Feeds (peg)

Shifts Available

Fulltime and Parttime
Days
710 hour shifts
Nights
10hour shifts

- minimum 30 hours per week

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: