Healthcare Assistant St Helens, Merseyside, England
Job description
Are you a nurturing and dedicated individual who thrives from supporting and working with young adults?
Do you have a special place in your heart for enhancing the lives of the individuals you support?
If you are an experienced 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 St Helens.
We are looking for compassionate and committed Healthcare Assistants in St Helens, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality two-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 own home.
Meet our service user
Our new service user is a 43-year-old male, who lives at home is his own adapted bungalow in St Helens. He is looking for his care team to be confident, chatty, and equally match his personality.
Social interaction and engagement in the local community are part of his everyday life, as he is a big Warrington Wolves fan and likes to go and watch them at their home games. As well as this he is eager to get out more in the community with his care team as his social life very important to him.
When at home he enjoys playing games on his I – Gaze and spending time with his dog. We are looking for someone who is pet friendly as he does have a very friendly British Bulldog who he spends time.
He particularly likes watching all types of sports and is ideally looking for his care team to be able to engage in conversations surrounding them.
Building trust and providing emotional support is a big part of this role. You will be a compassionate listener, lending an empathetic ear offering encouragement and positivity when needed.
As well as supporting with his social interactions you will be there to provide emotional support, companionship, and support with his personal and clinical needs.
It would be advantageous if you have a Drivers Licence, however the package is a 2:1 package so this is not a requirement
Essential Experience Required
- 3 months previous care experience
- Personal Care
- Moving and Handling
- Medication Administration
Desirable Experience
- Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge
- Drivers Licence
- Tracheostomy Care
We have the following shifts available;
- Full Time Days
- 8am – 4pm, 4pm – 10pm
- Part time Nights
- 10pm – 8am
Take a look at our payrates
Weekdays £13.00 per hour (£104 approx. per 8 shift)
Weeknights £13.50 per hour (£135 approx. per 10 shift)
Weekends £14.00 per hour (£140 approx. per 10 shift)
Bank Holiday £16.00 per hour (£128 approx. per 8 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.
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.
It is incredibly important to us that we reward and recognise the commitment and dedication of our healthcare staff, as they are at the forefront of the services we deliver for our clients.
We have developed an industry-leading reward and recognition scheme that we are extremely proud of which offers minimum pay rates from £13.00 per hour in this area and a fantastic loyalty reward scheme. Rewarding at months 6 and 12 and entered into quarterly prize draws.
If you would like to be part of an amazing team that make a real difference to the lives of others, then please apply today!
Job Types: Part-time, Full-time
Salary: £13.00-£16.00 per hour
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Overtime
Application question(s):
- Do you have at least 3 months experience working in care and or childcare?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
