Healthcare Assistant

**Healthcare Assistant, Wolverhampton, West Midlands**:
**Job details**:
Job Ref
22740

Pay Rate (ph)
£14.00 - £16.00

Location
Wolverhampton, West Midlands

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

We are looking for compassionate and committed healthcare assistants who are passionate about delivering the highest quality two-to-one and 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 home.

**Meet our service user**

Our service user is a male in his 50s who lives in Wednesfield with his family. He requires support throughout the day and night on a 2:1 basis.

He has a big interest in photography and in mountain biking, and really enjoys spending time outdoors.

Throughout the day you will be required to assist him to enjoy his hobbies, interests and accessing his social activities, as well as meeting his clinical care needs, and supporting with his personal care and moving and handling requirements.

**We are looking for staff who are very comfortable around dogs as our service user has a large Doberman**

**it is essential that you have a valid Driving Licence as our service user does have an adapted vehicle for him to access the community**

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

**Essential Experience Required**
- 3 months of previous care experience
- Personal Care experience
- Medication Administration
- Pet Friendly
- Valid Driving Licence

**Desired Experience**
- Spinal Injury Experience
- Tracheostomy Care
- Ventilation management
- Catheter care

**We have the following shifts available;**
- Part Time
- Days - 7am - 7pm or 9am - 10pm
- Nights - 9pm - 9am

**Take a look at our pay rates**

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

Weeknights: £14.50 per hour (£174 approx. per 12 hour shift)

Saturday : £15.00 per hour (£195.00 approx. per 13 hour shift)

Sunday : £15.00 per hour (£195.00 approx. per 13 hour shift)

Bank Holiday : £16.00 per hour (£208.00 approx. per 13 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