Healthcare Assistant

**Healthcare Assistant, Darlington, County Durham**:
**Job details**:
Job Ref
23195

Pay Rate (ph)
£13.00-£15.00

Location
Darlington, County Durham

Work Patterns
Part Time, Days, Nights,

Driver Required
Yes

**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 Darlington, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality one-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 his family home.

**Meet our service user**

Our service user is a gentleman in his early 40s, who lives at home with his family and requires support with his complex care needs throughout the day and night on a 1:1 basis.

He loves to spend quality time with his family, friends, and care team, enjoys listening to music and watching his favourite films.

Our service user has a vibrant force that keeps the spirit of his local community alive and thriving. He shows a genuine passion for bringing people together and is currently going through the process of campaigning to become a local councillor.

Throughout the day you will provide support with his personal care, moving and handling, attending to his clinical care needs when required and assisting him to enjoy his hobbies and interests.

Throughout the night you will provide support with his personal care, repositioning, making clinical observations, attending to his needs when required and promoting a calm environment to promote a restful night’s sleep.

It is important to understand his methods of communication and identify his wants and needs, as he is non-verbal. Patience and understanding area key qualities for this role.

**Our ideal care team will need a Valid Driver’s Licence as our service user does have an adapted vehicle that you will be required to drive to support him in accessing the local community**

**Essential Experience Required**
- 3 months previous care experience
- Personal Care
- Moving and Handling
- Medication Administration
- Valid Driver’s Licence

**Desirable Experience**
- Tracheostomy Care
- Ventilation Management
- Spinal Injury Awareness
- Oral suctioning
- Physiotherapy

**We have the following shifts available;**
- Part Time Days and Nights
- 1-2 shifts per week
- Days - 8:30am-10:30pm
- Nights - 9:45pm - 9:00am and 10:00pm - 9:30am
- Must be flexible to cover days and nights

**Take a look at our payrates**:
Weekdays: £13.00 per hour (Approx. £182 per 14-hour shift)

Weeknights: £13.50 per hour (Approx. £155.25 per 11.5-hour shift)

Weekends: £14.00 per hour (Approx. £196.00 per 14-hour shifts)

Bank Holiday: £15.00 per hour (Approx. £210 per 14- 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.**

**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