Healthcare Assistant- Nights, Skelmersdale, Lancashire

Job description

• Healthcare Assistant
• Location: Skelmersdale, WN8
• Pay Rate: £14.50 - £18.00 Per hour
• Shifts: Full Time & Part Time | Nights | 10pm – 8am | Monday – Sunday

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 looking for kind, reliable Healthcare Assistants to join a dedicated care team supporting a young boy living at home with his family in Skelmersdale.

This is an overnight role where you will ensure he remains safe, comfortable, and settled throughout the night in the familiarity of his own home.

He enjoys:

• Watching Bing
• Listening to music and nursery rhymes
• Creative play
• Spending time with other children at nursery

At the start of your shift, he will usually already be asleep. Your role will focus on monitoring his wellbeing overnight and providing care and reassurance if he wakes.

During the night, you will support with:

• Monitoring his safety and wellbeing
• Repositioning and mobility support when required
• Personal care if needed
• Settling and reassurance if he wakes

You will help maintain a safe and calm environment while his family rest.

This is a rewarding opportunity for a compassionate, attentive individual who is confident working overnight and making a real difference to a child and their family.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality, person-centred care
• Monitoring wellbeing throughout the night
• Supporting with personal care respectfully and with dignity
• Administering medication as required
• Assisting with Moving & Handling
• Supporting repositioning and mobility needs
• Responding promptly if the child wakes
• Maintaining a safe and calm environment
• Ventilation management
• Seizure management
• PEG feeding

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  What We’re Looking For

• Minimum 3 months’ care experience
• Confident with medication, personal care, and Moving & Handling
• Clear and effective communication skills
• Comfortable working with children
• Pet friendly
• Reliability for night shifts

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  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.