Healthcare Assistant Birmingham, England
Job description
Healthcare Assistant job vacancy
Job details
Job Ref
21131
Pay Rate (ph)
£11.50- £13.00
Location
Marston Green, Birmingham
Work Patterns
Full Time, Part Time, Days, Nights, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays,
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 gentleman 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 can build positive relationships with our service users and their families.
Our service user is in his mid-40's, lives with his loving family in Birmingham and requires care throughout the day and night on a 2:1 basis.
He likes watching action films, listening to music, and enjoys accessing the community, such as going shopping, visiting the local parks, and going to the sea life centre. He also likes to follow football, especially Aston villa who he supports.
He is dependent on his care team to support him with his personal care, mobility, transfers, and repositioning, as he is unable to weight bear independently.
Day shifts will consist of supporting all his complex and clinical care needs, supporting with social interaction, and accessing the community to promote his hobbies and interests.
During the night, he often sleeps well but can sometimes wake due to discomfort. You will need to support him with regular repositioning, personal care, and any clinical interventions needed such as PEG feeding.
He uses various sounds to indicate his wants, needs, and feelings to his care team. It is important that you can interpret his method of communication to avoid him becoming distressed or frustrated.
Essential Experience Required
- 3 months of previous care experience
- Personal Care
- Moving and Handling
- Medication Administration
Desirable Experience
- Brain Injury Awareness
- Respiratory Care
- Bowel Care
- Seizure Management
- PEG Feeding
- Catheter Care
Take a look at our payrates
Weekdays £11.50 (approx. £138 Per 12-hour shift)
Weeknights £12 (approx.. £144 per 12-hour shift)
- Weekends £13 ( approx. £156 per 12-hour shift)
We have the following shifts available;
- Full Time and Part time
- Days and Nights available
- 7:30am – 7:30pm
- 7:30pm- 7:30am
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
Please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated recruitment team on 01902 847111 or email on [email protected] to find out more.
