Healthcare Assistant

Do you have a special place in your heart for enhancing the lives of the individuals you support?

If you are an experienced Healthcare 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 are looking for compassionate and committed Healthcare Assistants in Cannock, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality one-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 family home.

Meet our service user

Our service user is a male in his teens, who lives in his family home in Cannock. He requires support throughout the night on a 1:1 basis.

He is an overall happy boy who really enjoys social activities and attending school. He loves to watch TV & DVDs, some of his favourite programmes to watch are 80’s cartoons, Balamory & Big Cook Little Cook.

Throughout the night you will be required to attend to his complex and clinical care needs, support with personal care, moving & handling, repositioning, regular monitoring and offering comfort and reassurance when needed to promote a restful night’s sleep.

It would be ideal if you have previously worked with service users who are nonverbal or who have limited verbal communication however this isn’t essential.

We are looking for staff are happy to learn basic British Sign Language or Makaton to improve their ability to communicate with our service user as this is his main method of communication, he will also communicate via gestures and facial expressions and short sentences.

If you believe that you have the passion and dedication to support and care for this young man then this is the role for you!

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

Essential Experience Required

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

Desirable Experience

• Gastrostomy Care
• Oral Suctioning

We have the following shifts available;

• Part Time Nights
• 2-3 Shifts Per Week
• 10pm – 7am

Take a look at our payrates

Weeknights: £13.50 per hour (£135 approx. per 10hr shift) 

Weekends: £14.00 per hour (£140 approx. per 10hr shift) 

Bank Holiday: £16.00 per hour (£160 approx. per 10hr 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.