Healthcare Assistant

7 days ago


Burnley, Lancashire, United Kingdom Apollo Home Healthcare Full time

Healthcare Assistant, Burnley, Lancashire:

Job details:

Job Ref
22976

Pay Rate (ph)
£13.50-£15.50

Location
Burnley, Lancashire

Work Patterns
Part Time, Days, Nights,

Driver Required
No

Job description:

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

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


We are looking for compassionate and committed healthcare assistants in Burnley, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality one-to-one care for our service user, building positive relationships with them and their family while enabling them to live as independently as possible in their own home.


Meet our service user


Our Service user is a very sociable young girl who lives at home with her loving family in Burnley and requires support on a 1:1 basis with her complex and clinical care needs.

She loves to spend quality time with her family, listening to nursery rhymes and watching her favourite Disney films.


She enjoys the social interaction from her family and care team, being out and about within the community especially visiting the park, and exploring various sensory activities.


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


Throughout the night you will make close observations, provide personal care, repositioning and attending to her clinical care needs when required.

You will provide a peaceful and safe environment to promote a restful nights sleep.


Our service user is non-verbal and communicates through sounds and touch, It is important to understand her methods of communication to ensure her needs and wants are met.

Patience and understanding are key qualities for this role.

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

Essential Experience Required

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

Desirable Experience

  • Enteral feeding
  • Tracheostomy Care
  • Oral Suctioning
  • Seizure Management

We have the following shifts available;

  • Part Time Days and Nights available 2 shifts per week
  • Saturday Days
  • 10:00am6:00pm
  • Nights
  • 10:00pm
  • 8:00am
  • Alternate Weekend availability is required for this position

Take a look at our pay rates

Weekdays:
£13.50 per hour (approx. £108 per 8-hour shift)

Weeknights £14.00 per hour (approx. £140 per 10-hour shift)

Saturday £14.00 per hour (approx. £112 per 8-hour shift)

Sunday £14.50 per hour (approx. £145 per 10-hour shift)

Bank Holiday £15.50 per hour (approx. £155 per 10-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:

  • 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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