Nursery Nurse / Childcare Practitioner, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Job description

Are you currently working with children and looking for a new role?

Are you passionate about enhancing a child or young person’s everyday life?

Would you like to progress your career by working with children who require complex clinical care?

We are looking for people who have a genuine interest in working with children and young people, to support our young service users who have some complex clinical care needs.

Our service user lives with his loving family in Nottingham and is reaching an exciting milestone, as he will be starting his school journey in September!

To ensure he can fully engage in his education, we are building a dedicated team of skilled Healthcare Assistants to provide clinical support throughout his school day.

He is a bright and curious boy who loves music, books, football, and playing with his toys. He requires a friendly and energetic care team that supports his development through play and helps him feel happy and safe at school, ensuring his well-being and progress.

He is unable to communicate verbally and expresses his needs using picture cards; he is also learning Makaton. It is important that you can understand and interpret his non-verbal cues, to ensure his needs are met effectively..

This is a great opportunity for you to apply your valuable experience as a Childcare Practitioner and transition into a Children's Complex Care Assistant role.

We provide comprehensive training, which enables you to enhance your experience of working with children by adopting a more clinical approach. Training may include, but is not limited to:

• Tracheostomy Care
• Ventilation Management
• Personal Care
• Moving & Handling
• Gastrostomy Care (PEG feeding)

Pay Rates:

• £13.00 - £16.00 per hour
• Approx. £97.50 - £120.00 (per 7.5-hour day shift)

Shifts Available:

• Part Time
• Days: 8:30am to 4pm (Supporting at school)
• Nights: 10pm to 8am (Alternative Sundays)

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.