Children's Healthcare Assistant

**Children's Healthcare Assistant, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear**:
**Job details**:
Job Ref
22218

Pay Rate (ph)
£15.00-£17.50

Location
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

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

Driver Required
No

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

**Do you have a special place in your heart for enhancing the lives of the individuals you support?**

If you are an experienced Children’s Care 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 team in Gateshead.

We are looking for compassionate and committed Healthcare Assistants, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality one-to-one care for our service user.

**Meet our service user**

Our new service user is a cheerful girl who lives with her loving family in Gateshead, she requires support with her complex care needs throughout the day and night.

She loves story time and exploring with her sensory lights and activities. She really enjoys arts, crafts, walks in the park, and spending time at the beach.

Throughout the day you will accompany her to her educational setting, supporting with her personal care, moving, and handling, and attending to her clinical care needs when required. You will engage with her learning, promote social interaction, and ensure her comfort throughout the day.

Throughout the night you will observe her clinical needs acting appropriately when needed, provide support with personal care, repositioning and provide a safe and 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**
- PEG Feeding
- Oxygen Management
- Epilepsy management
- Oral suctioning

**We have the following shifts available;**
- Part Time Days and Nights 2-3 shifts per week
- Days
- Between the hours of 7:00am - 6:00pm
- Nights
- 7:00pm - 8:00am
- Alternate weekend availability is needed for this position

**Take a look at our payrates**

Weekdays: £15.00 per hour (Approx. £120.00 per 8-hour shift)

Weeknights: £13.50 per hour (£175.50 approx. per 13-hour shift)

Weekends: £14.00 per hour (£182 approx. per 13-hour shift)

Bank Holiday: £15.00 per hour (£195 approx. per 13-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 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