Healthcare Assistant

**Healthcare Assistant, Accrington, Lancashire**: **Job details**: Job Ref 21555 Pay Rate (ph) £12.50-£15.00 Location Accrington, Lancashire Work Patterns Part Time, Nights, Driver Required No **Job description**: **Are you looking to expand your skills and enhance your career to include providing Complex Clinical Care or do you already have Complex Care experience?** Apollo Home Healthcare is seeking experienced Healthcare Assistants to support a child with complex care needs. 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. Our service user is a wonderful young lady, in her teens, who requires the support of a care team throughout the night. She enjoys getting involved in lots of different activities and some of her favourite things to do are baking, arts and crafts, listening to music and going for walks in the local community. At home she loves to watch Disney and Strictly Come Dancing, she also loves having massage and likes to have her nails painted. We are looking for enthusiastic carers with lots of personality, who are passionate about working with young people and are happy get involved in everything she enjoys. Our service users parents have kindly provided some further information and lovely words below: "Our 16 year old daughter is loved by all who know her She is the most beautiful, brave, and inspiring angel who has defied the odds and has been described as a 'little miracle'. She lives between her two fully adapted homes with Mum (Rawtenstall) and Dad (Accrington). **All of her care team will need to be flexible to work across both Mums and Dads house** **The carers from Apollo Home Healthcare who have been with us as a family for the last 2 years describe it as a 'dream package' to work on and due to an increase in hours we now need to add to the team.** **We are mainly looking at night shifts. Our daughter is fully reliant on adults to meet her needs, she has no behaviour issues at all and is a gentle, innocent, and precious soul who captivates everyone."** **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** - Oxygen Administration (BI-PAP) **We have the following shifts available;** - Part Time 2-3 Shifts per week - Nights - 9.45PM-7.45am **Take a look at our pay rates** Weeknights £12.50 per hour Approx. £125 per 10 hour shift Weekends £13.00 per hour Approx. £130 per 10 hour shift Bank Holidays £15.00 per hour Approx. £150 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 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