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

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    Job summary

    Are you a nurturing and dedicated individual who thrives from supporting and working with children/young adults?

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

    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 lovely teenage boy who lives with his family in Blackburn, he requires support throughout the night on a 1:1 basis.

    He enjoys watching cartoons, listening to music, and playing with his soft and fluffy toys.

    To express his feelings and indicate his wants and needs he uses various facial expressions and sounds. It is important that you can understand and interpret his communication to avoid him becoming distressed or frustrated.

    Throughout the night you will be required to attend to his complex and clinical care needs, support with personal care, moving & handling, repositioning, regular monitoring and offering comfort and reassurance when needed to promote a restful nights sleep.

    Your role will also include supporting with his morning routine and getting him ready for his day ahead at school.

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

    Main duties of the job

    We have the following shifts available;

  • Part Time Nights
  • 10pm 8am
  • 2 Shifts Per Week between Saturday and Tuesday
  • Take a look at our pay rates

    Weeknights: £ per hour (£130 approx. per 10hr shift)

    Saturday : £ per hour (£140 approx. per 10hr shift)

    Sunday : £ per hour (£145 approx. per 10hr shift)

    Bank Holiday : £ per hour (£150 approx. per 10hr 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 make 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
  • 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

  • 3 months care experience
  • Personal care
  • Moving and Handling
  • Medication Administration
  • Desirable

  • Epilepsy Awareness
  • Gastrostomy Care


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