Healthcare Assistant

**Healthcare Assistant, Eccles, Greater Manchester**:
**Job details**:
Job Ref
22691

Pay Rate (ph)
£13.50-£17.00

Location
Eccles, Greater Manchester

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

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 Eccles, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality two-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 her home.

**Meet our service user**

Our service user is an adult male in his early 20s who lives with his loving family in Eccles. He requires support throughout the day and night on a 2:1 basis to support his complex and clinical care needs.

He is a sociable, well-mannered young man who enjoys spending quality time with his family and watching football, particularly Arsenal, as he is a big fan.

His hobbies include going out in the community especially shopping trips and he would love future opportunities to get back into studying.

Throughout the night you will provide support with his personal care, Moving and handling requirements and attending to his clinical care needs when required. You will provide a peaceful environment to promote a restful night’s sleep.

**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

**Desirable Experience**
- Spinal Injury Care
- Knowledge of Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Ventilation Management
- Tracheostomy Care
- Oral Suction
- Nebuliser
- Bowel Management
- Catheter Care

**We have the following shifts available;**
- Part Time Days and Nights 2 shifts per week
- Days
- 7:00am - 7:00pm
- Nights
- 7:00pm - 7:00am
- Alternate weekends are needed for this position

**Take a look at our pay rates**

Weekdays: £13.50 per hour (Approx. £162 per 12-hour shift)

Weeknights: £14.00 per hour (Approx. £168 per 12-hour shift)

Weekends: £14.50 per hour (Approx. £174 per 12-hour shift)

Bank Holiday: £17.00 per hour (Approx. £204 per 12-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 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