Healthcare Assistant, Stockport, Greater Manchester

Job description

• Healthcare Assistant
• Location: Stockport, SK8
• Pay Rate: £14.50 - £17.50 Per hour
• Shifts: Full Time & Part Time | Days & Nights | Shift times vary

About us

At Apollo Home Healthcare, we provide high-quality, person-centred care to individuals in their own homes. Every care package is tailored, with a compassionate and skilled team built around each person’s needs.

We live by the 6 Cs: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment.

The Role

We are supporting a young man in his 20s who lives at home with his parents in Stockport.

He enjoys:

• Singing nursery rhymes
• Listening to music
• Receiving massages
• Using his soft mirror
• Spending time on his iPad

In this role, you will provide person-centred care across both day and night shifts, supporting his individual needs and promoting his comfort, dignity, and wellbeing.

During night shifts, you will be responsible for close monitoring and repositioning him every two hours to ensure his safety and comfort throughout the night.

Due to his complex care needs, you must remain highly vigilant, responsive, and able to act promptly when required.

This is a rewarding opportunity for a compassionate and reliable Healthcare Assistant committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality, person-centred care
• Supporting with personal care respectfully and with dignity
• Administering medication as required
• Assisting with Moving & Handling
• Supporting daily routines and clinical care needs
• Monitoring wellbeing and responding to care needs promptly
• Providing companionship and emotional support
• Supporting with nutrition and clinical interventions (as required)
• Tracheostomy care
• Ventilation management
• PEG feeding
• Oral suctioning

  ---

  What We’re Looking For

• Minimum 3 months’ care experience
• Confident with medication, personal care, and Moving & Handling
• Clear and effective communication skills
• Experience supporting children or young people (professional or personal)
• Flexibility with working hours
• Hands-on experience with complex and clinical care is essential

  ---

  What We Offer

• Competitive pay with enhancements for weekends and bank holidays
• Regular confirmed rotas and flexible scheduling
• Reward & recognition programme
• Supportive management and 24/7 on-call support
• Ongoing training and development within a national, values-led provider

Our funded training (including clinical skills) is provided free of charge; however, attendance is unpaid.

Additional Information

Please note: Due to the nature of our vacancies, clients may request male or female staff depending on their care needs.

The client has specifically requested female care staff for this role

Apply Now

If you’re passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred care and making a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Please apply by submitting your CV through this job board.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Apollo Home Healthcare team.