Healthcare Assistant

Job Ref
20980

Pay Rate (ph)
£11.00 - £15.50

Location
Darlington, County Durham

Work Patterns
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 a team of experienced Healthcare Assistants to support a gentleman with his complex care needs, at his home in Darlington.

We are looking for dedicated and compassionate individuals who are passionate about their job, enjoy delivering one to one support and who can build positive relationships with our service users and their families.

Our service user is a very sociable guy who enjoys spending time with his family and having lots of interaction with his care team.

He likes to access the community and loves going bowling, to the cinema and having trips out to the seaside.

At home he enjoys listening to music and stories as well as engaging in sensory based activities.

Our ideal applicant will ideally be skilled in complex care, be flexible, committed and have a genuine passion for providing exceptional care and support.

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

Essential Experience Required

• 3 months previous care experience
• Medication Administration
• Personal Care
• Moving and Handling

Desirable Experience

• Tracheostomy Care
• Ventilation Management
• Nebuliser Care
• Oral Suction
• Gastrostomy Care (PEG Feeding)
• Seizure Management

Shifts Available

• Part Time- 24 hours per week
• Days - 8am - 8pm
• Nights - 8pm - 8am

Please note that training will be provided locally

We are also offering all new candidates a £150 Welcome Bonus

• Terms apply

Take a look at our pay rates

Weekdays £11.00 per hour Approx. £132 per 12 hour shift

Weeknights £11.50 per hour Approx. £138 per 12 hour shift

Weekends £11.75 per hour Approx. £141 per 12 hour shift

Bank Holidays £15.50 per hour Approx. £186 per 12 hour shift

This is a personally rewarding role where you can build on your clinical skills and experience, whilst you will be delivering exceptional care and support to our service user and his 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.