Healthcare Assistant- Permanent Contract, Leominster, Herefordshire

Job description

Are you passionate about enhancing a child’s everyday life and enhancing your skills in providing complex care?

If so, how about joining Freddie’s team!

Freddie lives in Leominster and requires 24-hour care, he is looking for people to join his care team who have a genuine interest in working with children and who can support him and his family.

You will be supporting him at his fun filled family home engaging in general play and assisting him with accessing the community.

He requires committed and reliable individuals, who he and his family can build a strong trusting relationship with.

Freddie is a happy, very smiley 13-year-old boy who responds well to his care team and thrives off their interactions. He is developing each day and achieving more with the support of his carers and family.

He can express his needs with the help of his communication aids, enjoys his arts and crafts at home, loves socialising with his family and friends and loves going out as much as possible.

It is important to Freddie and his family that he makes his own decisions, and we look for our carers to help support and encourage him while enhancing his everyday life.

Why don’t you read a little more about him and click on the link below

https://www.apollohomehealthcare.com/real-stories/freddies-story

We require you to have some care experience that includes providing personal care, moving and positioning but we offer full comprehensive training with his clinical care needs: This can include but is not limited to:

• Tracheostomy Care
• Ventilation management
• Personal Care
• Moving & Handling
• Gastrostomy Care (PEG feed)

Shifts Available

• Full Time Nights - 7am-7pm
• Part Time Days & Nights - 7am-7pm/7pm-7am

Full Time and Part time contracts can also be offered for this position 24 - 36 hours per week

Other benefits include

• DBS paid for with all contract placements
• Up to £15 travel expense paid with each shift
• £300 loyalty bonus paid after 6 months of service

Take a look at our pay rates!

Weekdays: £15.00 per hour (Approx. £180 per 12 hour shift)

Weeknights: £16.00 per hour (Approx. £192 per 12 hour shift)

Saturdays: £16.50 per hour (Approx. £198 per 12 hour shift)

Sundays: £17.00 per hour (Approx. £204 per 12 hour shift)

Bank Holiday: £18.50 per hour (Approx. £222 per 12 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.