Job Ref
22790

Pay Rate (ph)
£12.00-£13.00

Location
Durham, County Durham

Work Patterns
Part Time, Days,

Driver Required
No

Job description

Are you a nurturing and dedicated individual who thrives from supporting and working with children?

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

If you are an experienced Health Care 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, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality one-to-one care to join our team in Durham.

Meet our service user

Our service user is a pre-schooler who lives at home with his loving family in Durham and requires support with his complex and clinical care needs on a 1:1 basis.

He is a cheerful young boy who loves attention and cuddles from those around him. He enjoys listening to his favourite music and exploring in all sensory activities.

Throughout the day you will provide support with all daily tasks including personal care, moving, and handling, and attending to his clinical care needs when required.

You will assist him to enjoy his interests, and support and encourage his learning and development through play and interaction.

Building trust and providing emotional support, offering reassurance and comfort is a big part of this role to promote a positive relationship with our young service user and his family.

It is essential to have experience with tracheostomy care for this position

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
• Tracheostomy Care

Desirable Experience

• Complex care with children
• Ventilation Management
• Oral suctioning
• Enteral feeding

We have the following shifts available;

• Part Time Days- 1-2 shift per week
• Monday – Friday
• 8:00am-5:00pm

Take a look at our payrates

Weekdays: £12.00 per hour (£108 approx. per 9-hour shift)

Bank Holiday: £13.00 per hour (£117 approx. per 9-hour 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.