Healthcare Assistant Stafford, England
Job description
Healthcare Assistant job vacancy
Job details
Job Ref
21109
Pay Rate (ph)
£13.50 - £15.00
Location
Stafford, Staffordshire
Work Patterns
Full Time, Part Time, 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 lady with complex care needs.
If you are committed, motivated, and enjoy delivering one-to-one support then this could be just the position you are looking for!
Our service user lives with her partner and daughter in Gnosall and requires support throughout the night on a full or part-time basis.
She is at her happiest when surrounded by her family and extended family.
Coming from a teaching background, she has a naturally caring nature. She loves to get outdoors and takes great pride in her garden. Her other hobbies include listening to 80’s music, watching TV, and reading books.
Your role as her dedicated Healthcare Assistant will be to support her social and personal care needs, administer medication, carry out careful moving and handling, and tend to her clinical interventions.
Our ideal candidate will have experience in respiratory care and oral suctioning however, this is not essential as we offer full comprehensive training to support all her clinical needs.
We ask that you can evidence a strong background in healthcare, have the willingness to upskill into the role of a Complex Care Assistant, and are committed to supporting our service user on a long-term basis.
Our service user has specifically requested for female staff to work on their team.
Essential Experience Required
- 3 months of previous healthcare experience
- Medication administration
- Personal care
- Moving and handling
Desirable Experience
- Knowledge of multiple sclerosis
- Gastrostomy care (PEG Feeding)
- Oral suctioning
- Catheter care
Shifts Available
- We are looking for candidates who can be flexible to pick up the following shifts.
- Full Time / Part Time Nights
- 10pm-6am
- 8pm-8:30am
Take a look at our payrates
- Weeknights/Weekends: £13.50 (£168.75 approx. per 12.5 hour shifts)
- Bank Holiday: £15.00 (£187.50 approx. per 12.5 shifts)
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 and their family.
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
Please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated recruitment team on 01902 847111 or email on [email protected] to find out more.
