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Healthcare Assistant job vacancy

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Are you passionate about enhancing a child or young person’s everyday life?

Would you like to progress your career by working with children who require complex clinical care?

Apollo Home Healthcare is seeking experienced Healthcare Assistants to support a young child 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 who can build positive relationships with our service users and their families. 

Our service user lives with her family in Bourne and requires a care team to support her throughout the night.

She is a very social little girl who enjoys spending lots of time with her family and playing with her friends at nursery during the day.

Due to her age, she is not able to communicate verbally and will do so via noises and facial expressions. She enjoys a tactile approach and likes lots of interaction and cuddles from her care team.

Throughout the night she can become extremely upset and can cry inconsolably for long periods of time. We are looking for someone of a calm and caring nature, who can be patient and reassuring, allowing this young girl gets the rest she needs.

Essential Experience Required 

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

Desirable Experience 

• Awareness of Cerebral Palsy
• Enteral Feeding 
• Seizure Management

We have the following shifts available; 

• Part Time Nights – 10pm – 7am   

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 her 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.