Children's Healthcare Assistant, Blackpool, Lancashire

Job description

If you are looking for a rewarding new role within healthcare, you are in the right place!

Working in healthcare can be incredibly fulfilling as it allows you to make a positive impact on people's lives every day.

We have a new and exciting opportunity to join our team in Blackpool.

We are looking for experienced and committed Healthcare Assistants, who are eager to enhance their skills in the complex care sector.

You will be passionate about delivering the highest quality care to our service users and building positive relationships with them and their family, whilst empowering them to live as independently as possible within the comfort of their own home.

Meet our service user

Our service user is a beautiful baby boy who lives in Blackpool with his family.

We are looking for a dedicated care team to deliver specialised care on a 1:1 basis providing love, support and plenty of comfort.

He enjoys lots of cuddles, and loves to play and interact with his family, and care team.

You will support with his bedtime routine and settling him down for the night, this will include sitting with him to monitor him closely, carrying out frequent repositioning and tend to his personal care needs as required. Should he wake, you will offer comfort and reassurance to promote a restful environment.

Benefits of this role include

• Competitive Pay Rates
• Confirmed Rotas
• Full Clinical Training

Our service user’s family 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
• Oxygen management
• Children’s experience

We have the following shifts available;

• Part Time Nights- 2- 3 shifts per week
• 10:00pm - 8:00am
• Alternate Weekends are needed for this position.

Take a look at our pay rates

Weeknights: £16.50 per hour (Approx. £165 per 10-hour shift)

Weekends: £17.00 per hour (Approx. £170.00 per 10-hour shift)

Bank Holidays: £20.00 per hour (Approx. £200 per 10-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 and 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.