Healthcare Assistant - Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom - Apollo Home Healthcare

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Healthcare Assistant, Ashton under Lyne, Greater Manchester:


Job details:

Job Ref
22363

Pay Rate (ph)
£12.00-£16.00

Location
Ashton under Lyne, Greater Manchester

Work Patterns
Part Time, Nights,

Driver Required
No


Job description:


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


Apollo Home Healthcare are seeking experienced Healthcare Assistants to join our team in Ashton under Lyne to support a gentleman with his complex care needs.


We are looking for compassionate Healthcare Assistants who are passionate about delivering the highest quality 1:1 care for our service user, who can build positive relationships with them and those around them.


Meet our service user


Our service user is a cheerful, content, gentleman in his 30's who resides in a nursing home based in Ashton-Under-Lyne and requires support on a 1:1 basis throughout the night with his complex care needs.

He loves to spend time with his family, and interacting with his care team and enjoys 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.


Throughout the night your role will be to support with his personal care, moving and handling requirements and attend to his clinical care needs when required.

Make close observations and promote a comfortable and safe environment to promote a restful nights sleep.

Our service user is none verbal and expresses his needs and wants through a variety of sounds. His care team will need to show understanding and patience to understand his methods of communication.


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
  • Epilepsy Management

Desirable Experience

  • Nebuliser care
  • Ventilation management
  • Gastrostomy feeds (PEG)
  • Previous experience with nonverbal service users

We have the following shifts available;

  • Part Time Nights
  • 24 hours per week
  • 7:00pm 7:00am
  • Must be flexible and be able to work alternate weekends

Take a look at our pay rates

  • Weeknights: £12:00 per hour (Approx.£144.00 per 12hour shift)
  • Weekends: £12.50 per hour (Approx. £150 per 12hour shift)
  • Bank Holiday: £16.00ph (Approx. £192 per 12hour 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.


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:


  • Flexible hours to suit
  • Confirmed rotas
  • Excellent rates of pay
  • Holiday pay
  • Full clinical training
  • Opportunity to work with other service users in the area
  • Ongoing professional training and development

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