Children's Healthcare Assistant

6 months ago


Blackburn, United Kingdom Apollo Home Healthcare Full time

**Children's Healthcare Assistant, Blackburn, Lancashire**:
**Job details**:
Job Ref
23104

Pay Rate (ph)
£14.00 - £16.00

Location
Blackburn, Lancashire

Work Patterns
Full Time, Part Time, Days, Nights,

Driver Required
No

**Job description**:
**Are you experienced in providing Complex Care to children and young people?**

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 dedicated and compassionate Healthcare Assistants who are passionate about their job, enjoy delivering one to one support and who can build positive relationships with our service users and their families.

**Meet our service user**

Our service user is a pre-schooler who lives in a loving family home in Blackburn and requires support with her complex care needs throughout the day and night.

She is a happy and content young girl who thrives on interaction with her family and care team, particularly when engaging in playtime activities. She loves to play with musical toys, enjoys listening to music and watching cartoons on TV, especially Mr. Bean.

Throughout the day you will be supporting within her educational setting, your role will include supporting with her daily tasks such as personal care, moving and handling, making close observations whilst attending to her clinical needs when required. We are also looking for our care team to assist and encourage with her learning and development skills.

Throughout the night you will provide support with her personal care, repositioning, attending to her clinical care needs when required and provide a peaceful environment to promote a restful nights sleep.

It is important to understand her methods of communication and identify her wants and needs, she is non-verbal and communicates using facial expressions and body language, she has also recently started to learn Makaton too. Patience and understanding are key qualities for this role.

This is more than just a job, this is a great opportunity to make a real difference to the life of our service user and her family, whilst also building on your clinical skills and experience.

**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**
- Ventilation Management
- Gastrostomy Care (PEG)
- Nebuliser Care
- Tracheostomy care

**We have the following shifts available;**
- Part Time Days - 2-3 Shifts Per Week
- Term Time
- 8:00am - 4:00pm
- None-Term Time
- 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Part Time Nights - 3 Shifts Per Week
- 9:00pm
- 7:00am
- Full Time can be offered to cover both days and nights

**Take a look at our pay rates**

Weekdays £14.00 per hour Approx. £112 per 8-hour shift

Weeknights £14.50 per hour Approx. £145 per 10-hour shift

Saturdays £14.50 per hour Approx. £116 per 8-hour shift

Sundays £15.00 per hour Approx. £120 per 8-hour shift

Bank Holidays: £16.00 per hour Approx. £128.00 per 8-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 and 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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