Healthcare Assistant

**Healthcare Assistant, Norton Canes, Burntwood**:
**Job details**:
Job Ref
22344

Pay Rate (ph)
£13.50

Location
Norton Canes, Burntwood

Work Patterns
Full Time, Nights,

Driver Required
No

**Job description**:
**Are you a nurturing and dedicated individual who thrives from supporting and working with 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

We are looking for compassionate and committed Healthcare Assistants in Norton Canes, 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 his family home.

**Meet our service user**

Our service user is a young man in his 20’s, who lives at home with his family in Norton Canes, he requires support throughout the night on 1:1 basis.

At home he enjoys exploring activities with his family especially arts and crafts, painting and at times he likes to access the local community.

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 night’s sleep.

We are looking for engaging and committed individuals who can deliver exceptional person-centred care and support our service user on a long term, ongoing basis.

**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**
- Peg Feeding
- Nebuliser care
- Seizure Management
- Oral Suctioning
- Global Development Delay awareness

**Shifts Available**
- Full Time
- 3/4 Shifts Per Week
- Nights - 10:00pm-7:00am

**Take a look at our pay rates**

Weeknights: £13.50 per hour (£121.50 approx. per 9-hour shift)

Saturday: £13.50 per hour (£121.50 approx. per 9-hour shift)

Sunday: £13.50 per hour (£121.50 approx. per 9-hour shift)

**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