Children's Healthcare Assistant

**Children's Healthcare Assistant, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear**:
**Job details**:
Job Ref
22685

Pay Rate (ph)
£13.00 - £16.00

Location
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

Work Patterns
Full Time, Part Time, Days,

Driver Required
Yes

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

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 have recently gained a new package of care bringing many fresh and exciting opportunities to join our new team in Gateshead.**

We are looking for compassionate and committed Healthcare assistants in Gateshead, 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 their family home.

**Meet our service user**

Our service user is a sociable young boy in his teens who lives with Mum in Gateshead, he requires support on a 2:1 basis throughout the day with his complex and clinical care needs.

He loves spending quality time with his family and care team and enjoys the interaction with others.

Throughout the day your role will be to support at home and accompanying him to educational setting.

Your role will include providing care with his morning routine getting him ready for the day, carrying out daily tasks such as washing, dressing, moving, and handling requirements and attending to his clinical care needs when required. You will accompany him to his educational setting where you will support his daily routine and attend to his needs when required.

Throughout the day you will be required to make close observations, support with social interaction, and offer reassurance and comfort when needed.

**It is essential for our care team to have complex care experience working with Children for this position**

**A driving licence is essential for this role to be able to drive an adapted vehicle.**

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

**Essential experience**
- 3 months previous care experience
- Complex care experience working with children
- Personal Care
- Medication Administration
- A Driving licence.

**Desirable Experience**
- Tracheostomy care
- Ventilation management
- Suctioning
- Gastrostomy care

**We have the following shifts available;**
- Full Time & Part Time Days
- 2-4 shifts per week
- Days
- 8:00am-5:00pm

**Take a look at our payrates**

Weekdays: £13.00 per hour (£117.00 per 9-hour shift)

Weekends: £14.00 per hour (£126.00 approx. per 9-hour shift)

Bank Holidays: £16.00 per hour (£144.00 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