Healthcare Assistant, Birmingham, West Midlands

Job description

We are seeking dedicated Healthcare Assistants who are passionate about providing personalised care and support to our service user.

Benefits of joining our team include competitive pay rates, confirmed rotas, and full clinical training.

By working with us as a Healthcare Assistant, you’ll be a valued member of a compassionate team dedicated to caring for a young lady in Birmingham.

Our service user is very sociable and loves accessing the community, going shopping, for walks, and visiting the local playground. At home, she loves spending quality time with her family, watching TV shows, listening to music, playing in the garden, singing, reading books, and having pamper days.

She attends a specialist school full time, where she loves engaging in school activities and socialising with her friends. On weekdays, you will meet at her home to assist with her morning routine, then accompany her to school. Throughout the school day, you'll be there to support her, and afterwards, you'll accompany her back home.

Your role will include meeting her personal care needs, carrying out regular observations, managing her clinical interventions, and supporting her in all the activities she loves. You'll be an essential part of her daily routine, helping her thrive both at home and school.

This isn't just a job – it's a chance to have a significant impact on our service user’s life.

Please note, applicants must be able to demonstrate experience with both PEG feeding and oral suctioning.

Additionally, our service user has specifically requested female staff for their team.

Pay Rates:

• £13.00 - £14.50 per hour
• Approx. £130.00 - £145.00 (per 10-hour day shift)

Shifts Available:

• Part Time Days (3 shifts per week)
• Mondays & Wednesdays: 6:45am - 4:45pm
• Saturdays: 10:00am – 3:00pm

Essential Experience:

• 3 months previous care experience
• Medication administration
• Personal care
• Moving and handling
• Clear Communication Skills
• PEG Feeding
• Oral Suctioning

Due to the nature of our vacancies, service users have the right to request either female or male staff.

Apollo Home Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer, advertising numerous vacancies on behalf of our service users and these specific requirements do not reflect the views of our organisation.