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Are you experienced in providing Complex Care to children and young people?

Apollo Home Healthcare is seeking experienced Health Care Assistants to support a young boy with complex care needs.

We are looking for dedicated and compassionate Health Care Assistants 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 active toddler old who lives at home with his family in Nottingham.

He enjoys lots of social interaction and engagement with his care team and due to this, we are looking for someone who has a real passion for working with children and is happy to promote fun and get involves in his interests.

You will be engaging in playtime activities such as painting, drawing, messy play and playing outdoors, when the weather permits.

This young boy loves to communicate but due to his condition, he cannot always be understood.

He may make noises or cry to indicate his wants and needs and we require you to encourage communication and be able interpret his facial expressions and body language.

Our ideal applicant will be committed, reliable, flexible and able to build excellent relationships with our service user and his family.

Essential Experience Required

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

Desirable Experience

• Tracheostomy Care
• Ventilator Management
• Oral Suctioning
• Gastrostomy Care

We have the following shifts available;

• Part Time Nights
• 9pm - 9am

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 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

We need key workers on the front line supporting our service users in the fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic. Please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated recruitment team on 01902 847111 or email on recruitment@apollohomehealthcare.com to find out more.